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HISTORICAL 
• SKETCH 

Of Bradford, Ma^s., in the Revo- 
lution. 






(Including East Bradford, now Grovel3nd.)r)/! « w - . nng 



. WOODBURY, M. D., ^ X O \L "^ 



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BY LOUIS A. WOODBURY, M. D., 
Member Mass. Hist. Genealogical Society, Essex ^ 

Institute, &c., &c. 



GROVELAND, MASS. 
1895. 



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Copyright, i8g^, by Louis A. Woodbury. 



AMBROSE AND CO. 

PRINTERS. 






PRE FA CE. 

The following sketch zvas origi- 
nally hastily written for puHica- 
tiofi in the Valley Visitor, a 
monthly paper published in Grove- 
land ; but the discontinuance of 
that publication leaving the article 
uncofnpleted^ it was thought ad- 
visable^ notwithstanding its imper- 
fections^ to publish it in its present 
form^ in the hope that it might 
add something to our knowledge of 
our ancestors during the Revolu- 
tionary period. 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Thp: Garrison House, oh Cannon 
Hill, was built by Samuel Stickney in 
1704, and enlarged by his grandson, 
Capt. Thomas Stickney in 1765, who 
was born and died there. After the 
death of Capt. Stickney's widow in 
1815, the house was purchased by his 
son, Deacon Daniel Stickney, who sold 
it to Philip Tenney, and he, without 
occup3ang it, sold it to Aaron Atwood 
in 1820. Mr. Atwood lived there until 
1830, when it came into the possession 
of the late Richard Renton, Esq., who 
tore it down in 1854. Tlu old house 
was built of plank, with one end of 
brick made on the place. The house 
standing on the old site was built by Mr. 
Renton, and is at present owned and 
occupied by his daughter, Mrs. Jane C. 
Nichols, and her son, N. Woodburn 
Nichols, and family. See frontispiece. 



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Thk Orj) vSavorv HorsK was origi- 
nall}' the northern half of the present 
dwelling, and was built by Capt. John 
Savor}' about 1755. After the Revolu- 
tionary War his son, Major Thomas Sa- 
vory, altered it to its present shape, and 
it is still occupied by his descendants. 
See page 16. 

Thk Old Morse Housk, on the 
corner of Washington and Main 
streets, South Groveland, was built by 
Benjamin Morse about 1805. It was 
owned and occupied by his descendants 
until a few 3'ears ago, when it was 
bought by the late E.J. M. Hale, and 
has been since used as a tenement house 
for operatives. See page 24. 

The S.A.MUEI. P.\i.MKR House, built 
b}' Mr. Palmer before the Revolution- 
ary War, on land granted to his ances- 
tors in 1670, was occupied by him and 
his descendants until about 181 2, when 
its owner, Mr. William Palmer, sold it 
to a INIr. Woodman, and moved to Hop- 
kinton, N. H. It was afterward bought 
by Capt. John Brown, and is now owned 
by his heirs. See page 40. 



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The Samuel Tennev House was 
built about 1786 b}- Capt. Samuel Ten- 
ney, whose wife was the daughter of 
Ivieut. Asa Merrill. After the Revolu- 
tionary War Lieut. Merrill made this his 
home until his death, which occurred 
Nov. 3, 1815. The house, which is on a 
part of the original Tenney grant, re- 
mained in the possession of the Ten- 
neys for three generations. It has 
since been occupied by Aaron N. Pills- 
bury. See page 64. 

The Wilijam Savory House was 
remodelled in 1765 by Sergt. William 
Savory from the old Ezekiel Jewett 
house, which stood on the same spot. 
In 1823 Wm. S. Balch, grandson of Wm. 
Savor}', took the north half. Silas 
Hopkinson lived in the south half until 
the same year, when it was taken by 
Ira Hopkinson, who lived there until 
1839, the whole house then coming into 
the possession of Wm. S. Balch, whose 
daughter, Miss Sarah H. Balch, is the 
present owner. See page 89. 

The Old Tenney House, built by 
Philip Tenney in T732, on the original 



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Tenney grant, and within a short dis- 
tance of the site of the first Tenney 
honse, was occupied b}- Dea. William 
Tenney during the Revolutionary War, 
and remained in the possession of the 
family until a few years ago, when it 
was sold to Mr. Daniel Abbott, its pres- 
ent owmer. The addition on the left of 
the main house was made by Dea. 
William's son, Philip, about the year 
1830. See page 96. 



AN HISTORICAL SKETCH 



AN HISTORICAL SKETCH. 



Bradford had been incorporated 
one hundred years when the Lexing- 
ton alarm was sounded, and although 
town meetings were at that time, 
and even afterwards, called "In His 
Majesty's name," two companies ot 
infantry were soon on the way to 
Cambridge. 

The inhabitants of Bradford were 
conservative to a considerable de- 
gree, but they were at the same 
time ready to act for the common 
weal when occasion required. 

Among the first acts of the town 
in what may be termed the revolu- 
tionary period, was the calling of 
a town meeting at the West Meet- 
ing house on Monday the loth day 
of October, 1774, at 7 o'clock in the 
morning, to make choice of one or 



more Deputies, to meet at Concord 
on the eleaventh of this instant Octo- 
ber, with Deputies which shall be 
appointed by the other Towns in 
this province, to Consider and Deter- 
mine on such measures as the Con- 
gress shall then think expedient and 
necessary. Also to see if the Town 
will Instruct the Selectmen Relnting 
to Replenishing the Town Stock of 
Ammunition." This call was made 
through Daniel Kimball, one of the 
Constables, and was signed by 
Samuel Woodman, ^ 
JosiAH Bacon, ! Select 

Peter Russell, [ men. 
Benj. Muzzy, J 

The "Freeholders and Other In- 
habitants" met in answer to that call. 
Dudley Carlton Esq., Moderator. 
Capt. Daniel Thurston was chosen 
to represent the town in the Provin- 
cial Congress at Concord, which 
convened the next day. The Town 
Stock of Ammunition was to be re- 
plenished to the extent of six half- 
barrels of povv'der, and "Bullets and 
flints proportionable." 

Jan. 4th, 1775. A meeting was 



held, and Capt. Daniel Thurston 
was again chosen to sit in the Pro- 
vincial Congress, and thirty pounds 
voted to ''Supply the Town Stock 
with Ammunition." 

Jan. i8th, 1775. Voted, To give 
encouragement to such men as in- 
cline to enlist as minute-men ; and 
Deacon Thomas Kimball, Capt. 
Daniel Thurston, John Burbank, 
Bradstreet Parker, Josiah Bacon, 
Dudley Carlton, Esq., Benj. Gage, 
Tun., William Greenough, Abel 
Kimball, Benj. Walker, Nath'l 
Gage, Jun., Phinehas Carlton, Dea. 
Obadiah Kimball, Moses Harriman 
and Peter Russell were chosen a 
committee to formulate a plan for 
that purpose. 

At an adjourned meeting (Jan. 
30th) it was voted to accept the 
plan of the committee relating to 
minute-men. The plan proposed is 
embodied in the following votes : 

Voted, That the Minute-Men 
after the company is full, train half 
a day in a week for ten weeks, three 
hours accounted half a day, and have 
one shilling each person for so 
doing. 



Voted, That the Selectmen pro- 
vide bayonets and cartouch boxes 
for the Minute-Men on the town 
cost, to be returned to the town after 
they are dismissed from the service. 

Voted, To give each man a dollar 
for billeting, when they are called to 
march, and seven dollars per month 
while in actual service. 

Voted, That the Captain of the 
Minute-Men return a muster roll to 
the Selectmen to receive order for 
their pay. 

Voted, To pay Captain Thurston 
for attendance at Congress ill. 2s. 
6d. Mr. Russell for attendance, 
ol. los. od. 

Voted. To raise to defray Town 
charge lool. os. od. 

Samuel Woodman and Thomas 
Morse were paid four shillings each 
for perambulating the town line be- 
tween Bradford and Rowley. 

We give on page 8 a full list of the 
officers of the town for the first year 
of the war. It is believed that de- 
scendants of all or nearly all the 
men whose names are mentioned in 
this sketch are eligible for member- 



ship in the S. A. R., S. R., D. R. 
and D. A. R., for the reason that 
they were engaged either in the 
military or civil service of the town, 
State or United States at some time 
during the Revolutionary War. 



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Annual Town Meeting March 14, 
1775. Tl-ie Freeholders and other 
Inhabitants of the Town of Bradford 
qualified to vote were called, "In 
His Majesty's Name," to meet at 
the West Meeting House, on Mar. 
14, 1775, Dea. Thomas Kimball, 
Moderator. Made choice of the fol- 
lowing persons for Town officers : 

Benjamin Muzzy, Town Clerk. 

Nathaniel Woodman, 
Daniel Tennej, 

Dea. Thomas Kimball, 

Wm. Greenough, 

Benj. Gage, Jr. J- Selectmen 

Abraham Burbank, 

Richard Kimball, j 

Dea. Thomas Kimball, Treasurer. 

Nathan Kimball, 



Constables 



Daniel Kimball, 
Eliot Payson, 
John Runnels, 
Amos Carleton, 
Samuel Tenney, 
Samuel Wood, 
Ebenezer Stickney, 
Benj. Jaques, 



Surreyors 

of 
Highways 



John Savarj, Ixvthin 

Abraham Day, Jr. / ^ J^"'" 

Jonathan Bailey 

Ebemezer Wood 

Obadiah Kimball 

Richard Woodman 

Phineas Cole 

Samuel Wood 

Abner Hardy v^ 
Spencer Bailey 
Daniel Buzwell 
Samuel Trask, Jr 

Thos. Morse 
Thomas Kimball 



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Fence Viewers 



\ Sealers of Leath 



Hogreaves. 



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\ To take care of the 
/ Fish Courses 



Joseph Haggett 
Samuel Adams 



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Cutters of Lumber 



Reuben Carlton 

Wm. Greenough 

Joseph Atwood [-Timber Measurers 

Nath'l Gage, Jr. 

Joseph Kimball 

Thomas Webster 
Josiah Bacon 

Ebenezer Kimball 

Wm. Greenough J-Corders of Wood 

Joseph Kimball 

James Lindall, 1 ^,, , 

Ensign Sam'l Hopkinson [Wardens 

Phineas Carlton, Sealer of Weights and 
Measures. 

Voted, To indemnify the Select- 
men, in neglecting to make a return 
to Harrison Gray of their assessment 



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upon the inhabitants of Bradford for 
the year seventeen hundred seventy- 
four. 

Voted, That ye swine go at large 
the year ensuing. It was put to vote 
to see if the town would mend the 
highways by a Rate, the year ensu- 
ing, and it passed in the negative. 

Voted, To Capt. Jonathan Bailey 
for Damages done him by means of 
the Courts Committee Laying out 
part of a road on his Land to accom- 
modate Cottle's Ferry, i61. os. od. 

Voted, To John Savory for Dam- 
ages done him by means of the above 
said Road, i61. os. od. 

May 23, 1775. Voted, To sup- 
ply the Massachusetts army with 
sundries. 

Voted, That John Head, Daniel 
Kimball. Daniel Jaques, William 
Greenough and Peter Russell, be a 
committee for this purpose. 

Voted, That Dea. Thomas Kim- 
ball, William Greenough, Benjamin 
Gage, Jr., Abraham Burbank and 
Richard Kimball be a committee of 
correspondence. 

Voted, That the Committee of 



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Correspondence Return the names 
of those persons belonging to this 
Town which deserted the Province 
Service, to the County Committee 
if those Persons neglect to return to 
their duty. 

It was Voted, [June 28] That i f 
the Minute-Men belonging to the 
Town which Inlisted for the Defence 
of this Province shall Re-enlist again 
into the same company by Monday 
next, said men shall be entitled to 
Pay for their past services according 
to a former vote of this town. 

Sept. 21. Voted, To Phineas 
Carlton, for 22 Bayonets fitted with 
Scabbards and Belts, 81. 5s. od. 

Voted, To Phineas Carlton, for 
Scowering the old Bayonets, and fit- 
ting with Belts, 4I. 4s. od. For 2 
Scabbards and Belts, ol. 3s. od. 

Wm. Greenough, for fitting one 
Bayonet and one belt, ol. 2s. 8d. 
The town made choice of Ebenezer 
Wood to serve as Selectman in place 
of Abraham Burbank, deceased. It 
was put to vote to see if the town 
would open a school, and it passed 
in the negative. 



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The annual meeting vvas held at 
the East Meeting-house on the 12 
of March, 1776, and after electing 
the officers, the meeting adjourned 
to the isth. On that date it was 
Voted, That Capt. Benjamin Gage 
be paid il. los. od for building a 
fire raft to go to Newbury port. 

Voted, To Phineas Cole for 
Leathering 50 Cartridge boxes, 
61. 13s. 4d. Voted, To Daniel 
Thurston for attendance at Congress 
and at General Court, 24I. 4s. 6d. 

Voted, To accept five shillings per 
pound for the Powder that was de- 
livered out of the Town stock, for 
the use of the Province, and pav for 
the Lead and flints. Voted, That 
the Selectmen order the Town Treas- 
iner to pay the Province money 
wiiich is in his hands to the Colony 
Treasurer. 

A meeting was called April 30, 
1776, To see if the town will choose 
a committee to meet ye committee 
of Newbury, Newburyport and 
Amesbury, at the Town house in 
Newburyport, on May 2, to join the 
above committee in Building a fort 



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on Plum Island, if they think proper. 
The question was put and passed in 



the negative. 



III 



A meeting was held on the 20th 
of June, 1776, and the town pro- 
ceeded to take into consideration a 
Resolve of the Honorable House of 
Representatives, passed June 10, 
1776, relating to the Honorable 
Congress declaring these United 
Colonies Independent States, and 
after mature Deliberation on this im- 
portant affair, a motion was rhade to 
choose a committee to formulate In- 
structions for their Representatives, 
and Report. Accordingly they made 
choice of Thomas Webster, John 
Burbank, Captain Nathaniel Gage, 
Benjamin Muzzy and Captain John 



Savory. The meeting adjourned 
half an hour in order to give the 
committee time to prepare a report, 
which was just what might have 
been expected from the composition 
of the committee ; two of its mem- 
bers, Savory and Gage, had each re- 
cently led a company of minute-men 
into service, and a third, Burbank, 
was in the ranks. The report is as 
follows : We, the subscribers, being 
chosen a committee to form Instruc- 
tions for the Representatives of this 
town with Respect to the Honorable 
Congress' forming these United 
Colonies into Independent States, 
beg leave to make the following re- 
port : 

To Dudley Carlton, Esq., Repre- 
sentative for the town of Bradford, 
in the General Assembly, Sir: 
When we consider the despotic plan 
of Government adopted by the King, 
Ministry and Parliament of Great 
Britain, to enslave these American 
Colonies. When we consider that 
Instead of redressing our Grievances, 
they have turned a Deaf ear to the 
Repeated Petitions and Remon- 



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strances of all the United Colonies, 
and have also been, and still are 
Endeavoring to Enforce their Arbi- 
trary plan upon us, by Spilling our 
Blood, by burning our towns, by 
seizing our Property, and by instigat- 
ing the Savages of the Wilderness, 
and Negroes to take up the cause 
against us ; when we consider these 
things, it Raises our Indignation ! 
That we who have always been 
loyal subjects to the King of Great 
Britain, should be so unconstitution- 
ally and Inhumanly Treated, Such 
Tyrannical Imposition and abuses of 
Power we cannot Submit to. There- 
fore, Utterly Despairing of a happy 
Reconciliation ever taking place be- 
tween Great Britain and these Colo- 
nies, } ou are hereby desired as our 
Representative to use your utmost 
endeavor, that our Delegates in Gen- 
eral Congress be instructed to shake 
off the Tyrannical Yoke of Great 
Britain, and Declare these United 
Colonies Independent ot that Venal, 
Corrupt and Avaricious Court for- 
ever ; [Provided no Proposals for 
happy reconciliation be offered, 



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which the Honorable Congress think 
proper to accept.] and we hereby 
engage that we will, at the risk of 
our lives and Fortunes, Endeavor to 
support and defend them therin. 

Thomas Webster, ) 

John Burbank, | Com. 

Capt. Nath'l Gage, \ to 

Benj. Muzzy, [ Report. 

John Savory. J 

Voted, That the above report be 
accepted. 

Voted, [Sept. 19, 1776] To Peter 
Russell for attendance at County 
Congress held at Ipswich, ol. los. 
od. 

Voted, 100 pounds for town 
charges. 

Voted, To Retire Parker for 
making a table and seat for the East 
School house, ol. 13s, od. 

October 24, 1776. The Town 
Proceeded to take in Consideration 
a Resolve of the Honorable House 
of Representatives passed Septem- 
ber 17, 1776, Respecting the House 
and Council joining in o"ne Body 
and Equal Voice, to form a plan ol 
Government for this State, and the 





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town, and the town consenting to 
the same. After mature Delibera- 
tion on the Important affair, a mo- 
tion was made to choose a Commit- 
tee to make a Draught and Report. 
Accordingly, Col. Daniel Thurston, 
Deacon Thomas Kimball, Benjamin 
Muzzy, Major Benjamin Gage and 
John Burbank were chosen. 

Oct. 31, 1776. Voted, To re- 
ceive the Report of the above Com- 
mittee, which was a follows : 

That we are not willing nor do 
we consent, that the house of Rep- 
resentatives and Council acting in 
one Body as proposed in a Resolve 
of the House on Sept, 17, 1776, 
should agree on and enact a Consti- 
tution and form of Government for 
this State. But we are willing and 
desire, that the Honorable Council, 
and Honorable House of Represen- 
tatives, [each acting in their respec- 
tive Capacities] proceed to form a 
Plan of Government for this State, 
and exhibit attested Copies thereof 
to its several towns for their Inspec- 
tion and approbation, before it is 
Ratified and Confirmed. 



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Passed in the affirmative. 

The annual meeting March 12, 

1776, was the last one called "In 
his Majesty's name ; " and May 19, 

1777, the warrant read : 

Essex ss. "To Benjamin Walker, 
one of the Constables for the Town 
of Bradford, Greeting : 

I St, "These are in the name of 
the Government and People of Mas- 
sachusetts Bay, to will and require 
you forthwith to notify and warn the 
freeholders and other inhabitants of 
the Town of Bradford that have an 
Estate of Freehold in Land within 
this State or Territory, of Forty 
shillings per annum, or other estate 
to the value of fifty pounds Stirling, 
to assemble and meet at the West 
Meeting house in said Town, on 
Monday the nineteenth of this in- 
stant ^lay, at two of the clock after- 
noon, then and there to elect and 
depute a Representative or represen- 
tatives, to serve for and represent 
them in a Great and General Court 
or Assembly, to be convened, held 
and Kept for the Government Ser- 
vice at the State House in Boston, in 



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the County of Suffolk, upon Wednes- 
day the twenty-eighth day of this 
Instant May. 

2nd. Also to try a vote of the 
Town to see if they will engage, as 
faithful subjects of this State to 
exert their utmost ability to procure 
the Universal Observance of an act 
of the Province to prevent monopoly 

and oppression. 

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5th. Also to see if the Town will 
direct the Selectmen to hire a sum 
of money to buy Gun Powder. 
Daniel Thurston, Abel Kimball, 
Nathan Kimball, Solomon Tenney, 
Selectmen of Bradford. 

It was voted [May 19, 1777] 
unanimously that they would engage 
as faithful subjects of this State to 
exert their utmost ability to procure 
the Universal Observance of an act 
of this State to prevent monoply and 
oppression. And that the Select- 
men purchase gun powder for the 
town. 



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May 29, 1777, Jeremiah Hardy 
died, according to the Church rec- 
ord, "very sudden;" and tradition 
says the cause of his death was not 
definitelv determined at the time but 
about two weeks later his son Abner 
and daughter Elizabeth were taken 
ill with what was unquestionably 
small pox, and both of them died 
June 22, these deaths being follow- 
ed by several others. Those on rec- 
ord as dying at that time are, Jere- 
miah Hardy, May 29 ; the wife of 
Deacon Timothy Hardy, June 21 ; 
Abner and Elizabeth Hardy, son and 
daughter of Jeremiah, June 22 ; Wm. 
Greenough, June 23 ; Dr. John Ten- 
nv, Ji^irie 24 ; Dea. Timothy Hardy, 
June 27, and David Marden, June 
28. 

The town meeting held June 26, 



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1777' recognizing the importance of 
isolating the disease, voted to build 
a '*Pest house in some convenient 
place in this Tow^n to accommodate 
the Inhabitants that shall hereafter 
be taken sick with the small pox ; 
and accordingly made choice of Lt. 
Daniel Kimball, Ephraim Hardy and 
Phineas Carleton, to see work effect- 
ed." Said committee were ordered 
to build the Pest house and hire sev- 
enty Pounds to enable them to carry 
on the work. They voted that the 
Pest house be set on land belonging 
to Nathaniel Parker, ''or in any place 
that they shall think will best ac- 
commodate the Town." Voted, To 
raise one hundred pounds toward de- 
fraying the the costs and charges that 
shall arise in building the Pest house. 
The house was built on the east 
side of the Jaques road near Jewett's 
Crossing, and the graves of those 
who died of the disease, were to be 
seen near the wall until within a few 
years, when the fieFd was ploughed, 
and since then a new growth of wood 
has sprung up, and the graves are 
obliterated : the house was burned 
soon after it was vacated. 



Essex ss. To Ephraim Hardy 
one of the Constables for the Town 
of Bradford, Greeting : 

We will and require you to notify 
and warn the Freeholders and other 
Inhabitants of the Town of Bradford 
qualified by lavv to vote in Town af- 
fairs, that thev assemble and meet at 
the West Meeting house in said 
Town on Thursday the fifth dav of 
June next, at three o'clock, after- 
noon, to choose by ballot some per- 
son which is firmly attached to the 
American Cause to procure evidence 
etc, agreeable to an act of the Great 
and General Court of the State of 
Massachusetts Bay, for securing this 
and others of the United States 
against the danger to which they are 
exposed by the internal enemies 
thereof; and make return of this 
warrant with your doings thereon to 
us, the Subscribers, on or before 
said day. 

Daniel Thurston, 
Samuel Greenough, 
Nathan Kimball, j' 
Abel Kimball, J 

At a leeal meeting held on March 



Selectmen 

of 
Bradford. 



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1 8, 1777- the following persons were 
elected a Committee of Inspection 
and Safety. Thomas Morse, Lieut. 
Nathaniel Plummer, Deacon Oba- 
diah Kimball, John Burbank and 
Thomas Webster. 

Selectmen for the year ensuing, 
Daniel Thurston Esqr., Samuel 
Greenough, Lt. Abel Kimball, Sol- 
omon Kimball and Nathan Kimball. 

At a legal meeting of the Free- 
holders and other Inhabitants of the 
Town ot Bradford, held on adjourn- 
ment Thursday the 26th of June, 
1777; Mr. John Head, moderator of 
said meeting ; 

The Town made choice of Daniel 
Parker, Joseph Marble, Joseph 
Richardson, Benj. Muzzy and Eben- 
ezer Kimball to prosecute all 
Breaches of the acts to prevent mo- 
nopoly and oppression. 

Made choice of John Pickering 
for Register. 

The Town made choice of Abra- 
ham Day, Jun. to procure evidence 
against all such persons as are inter- 
nal enemies to this or the United 
States of America. 



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September 23d. Voted, To raise 
Ibrty-one pounds, fifteen shillino^s 
and two pence to pay for Gun 
Locks, &c, and ordered the Town 
Treasurer to pay the above said sum ; 
and voted to abate Jonathan Chad- 
wick what he was rated for his 
Negro man in i^^6. 

January 13, 1778. Voted, To 
leave the aftair respecting the Dele- 
gates being authorized to ratify the 
Confederacy of the United Colonies, 
to their Representatives in General 
Assembly to act in that important 
matter as he shall think best. 

Voted, To sell the Gun Locks in 
possession of the Town, 

Voted, To Ebenezer Ordway for 
damage on account of the small pox 
being brought near him, il. i6s. od. 
Daniel Tenney, ditto, 16I. 4s. od. 
David Hardy, for damages sustained 
by means of the small pox in his 
house, 51I. OS. od. Ephraim 
Hardy, ditto, 30I. os. od. Jonas 
Hardy, ditto, 7I. os. od. 



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The following document explains 
itself and shows that the arrival of a 
new resident in town did not go un- 
noticed in those times. 

Gents : This is to inform you 
that Aaron Cross of Methuen, came 
to town May i, 1777. I know not 
his circumstances. John Day. Jun. 

Another form of notice is shown 
in the following : 

Bradford, Oct. 28, 1776, This 
may inform the Selectmen of said 
Town that the family of Stephen 
and Susanna Adams of Topsfield, 
moved into my house for a few 
months, A list of the children : 
Jacob Adams, David Adams, Israel 
Adams, Henry Adams, Pamelia 
Adams, Julia Adams,, given by the 
subscriber. Peter Russell. 

Peter Russell, Esq., at that time 
kept a "Tavern" on Main street, 
East Bradford, in the house after- 
wards occupied by the late Captain 



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Benj. Parker, and recently by Mr. 
Samuel Perley. 

To the Selectmen of Bradford : 
Gentlemen. These are to inform 
you that John Tenney and Rose, his 
wife ; William Tenney, his son and 
Hannah Tenney his daughter came 
to this town the 15th of April last, 
from Rowley, and ye widow Hannah 
Tenney from the town of Pelham in 
the State of New Hampshire some 
time afterward. Per Sarah Jaques. 
Feb. 22, 1779. 

To the Selectmen of the Town : 
This is to inform you that I have 
taken into my house Freeborn Balch 
and wife, and his children Benjamin, 
Eunice and John. They came from 
Haverhill to Bradford, May 12, 
1779. Bradford, June 3, 1779. 

Moses Parker. 

Bradford, May i, 1778. To the 
Selectmen of the Town of Bradford : 
These are to inform you that John 
Cole came to this town sometime in 
the month of June last, from the 
town of Salem, New Hampshire. 

John Griffin. 

We have in the next document 



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something which gives' lis' a little 
more light on the social and religious 
side of life in those perilous times 
that '*Tried men's souls." 
To the Town Clerk in Bradford : 

We, the subscribers, being chosen 
a committee by the Society of the 
Feople called Antipedo Baptists, 
who meet together for Religious 
worship on the Lord's Day, in the 
Town of Haverhill, to exhibit a list 
or lists of such persons as belong to 
said Society or Congregation, do 
certify that Nathaniel Plummer, 
Samuel Trask, Ebenezer Kimball, 
Martha Kimball, Moses Plummer, 
Joseph Richardson and Daniel 
Cheney do belong to said Society or 
Congregation, and that they do fre- 
quently and usually when able, at- 
tend with us in our meetings for 
religious worship on the Lords Day, 
and we do verily believe, are with 
respect to the Ordinance of Baptism, 
of the same religious sentiments with 
us. Haverhill, Aug. 2, 1775. 

Hugh Smith. ^ 

John White, V Committee. 

Benj. Mooers. ) 



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The annual town meeting held 
March lo, 1778, elected the follow- 
ing Committee of Safety : 

Col. Daniel Thurston, 

Lt. Thomas Stickney, 

Richard Kimball, 

Eliphalet Hale, 

Jonathan Chadwick. 

Selectmen for 177^, 

Dudley Carleton Esqr., 

Peter Russell, 

Edmund Kimball, 

Phineas Carleton. 

Ordered, that the committee of 
Correspondence etc. draw 3I. 00 out 
of the Treasury and deliver it to 
Benjamin Atwood to support him 
until he joins the army. 

Thomas Kimball was chosen for 
one of the committee of correspond- 
ence etc., in room of Col. Thurston, 
who declined serving. 

Voted, to make the Selectmen and 
Assessors some addition to their 
wages. 

Voted, to accept Solomon Tenney 
to serve as Constable in room of Lt. 
Moses Harriman. The gentlemen 
that were chosen to serve as Select- 



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men and Assessors the last meeting 
at this, was persuaded to serve. 

We, the subscribers, have peram- 
bulated the line between Rowley and 
Bradford and renewed the Antient 
Bounds. 

Jere, Searle, ) Selectmen 
E. Spofford, I of Rowley. 
Rowley, March 2, 1778. 
Abbl Kimball, ) Selectmen of 
Solomon Tenney, j Bradford. 

It was Voted, (May 6, 1778,) to 
hire 8 men for nine months to 
fill up the Continental Army, and 
Capt. Nathaniel Gage, Capt. John 
Savory, Lt. Daniel Kimball, Lt. 
Moses Harriman, Lt, Thomas Stick- 
ney and Benjamin Walker were 
chosen a committee and empowered 
to hire the above said number of men. 
Voted, that the Town Treasurer 
hire a sum of money sufficient to 
hire said number of men, and deliver 
it to the above said committee, he 
taking their receipt for the sum de- 
livered, and also to be accountable 
to the Town. 

June 29, 1778: Voted, that the 
Treasurer hire fourteen pounds for 



30 

each soldier that is drafted from the 
Militia, according to a resolve of the 
General Court passed June lo, i77^- 

Sept., 19, It was voted to make 
choice of a committee to supply the 
families of the soldiers that are in the 
Continental army : accordingly, made 
choice of Messrs. Nathaniel Parker, 
Thomas Kimball, Abraham Day Jr., 
Josiah Bacon and Thomas Webster 
for the above purpose. 

Voted, Mr. Peter Russell for dig- 
ging a grave for Samuel Atwood, 
and rum supplied for the watchers, 
il. los. 6d. 

Dec. 8, 1778; A meeting was 
called to see if the Town will order 
the Selectmen to draw the firearms 
from the board of war which is al- 
lowed by the State for the Town of 
Bradford, and draw so much money 
out of the Town Treasury as will 
procure the same and pay the char- 
ges of getting them. Voted, to the 
families of John Wool and Benjamin 
Atwood, soldiers in the Continental 
Army, 28I, 19s. 6d. Voted, that 
the Town Treasurer pay nine hun- 
dred and fifty four pounds with in- 



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terest due or which shall be due to 
those persons he hired it of, for the 
use of the Continental Soldiers in 
May, 1778, VjDted, that Daniel 
Kimball, Treasurer, be hereby di- 
rected to pay to the Selectmen, with 
interest due when paid, 42I., it being 
for money they hired to hire 3 sol- 
diers for Rhode Island. 



VI 

Selectmen for 1779, John Head, 
John Burbank, Jonathan Chadwick, 
Dea. William Balch, Benjamin Wal- 
ker. Constable, Nathaniel Balch. 

At a legal meeting held the i6th, 
Mar. 1779, The question was put, 
whether the town would reconsider 
a vote passed on the 8th, of this In- 
stant respecting carrying on the war 
by a rate, and it passed in the nega- 
tive. 

May 18, 1779, the question was 
put, whether the town would choose 
to have a new Constitution or form 
of government made at this time, 
and it passed in the negative. 

June 17, 1779, Voted, to choose 
a committee to hire 3 men of the 
milita to go to Rhode Island, and 
7 to till up our quota of the Conti- 



33 

nental army for the term of nine 
months, accordingly made choice of 
Capt. John Savary, Lt. Moses Har 
riman, Lt. Nathaniel Plummer, Lt. 
Eliphalet Hardy and Lt. Thomas 
Stckney, as a committee for the pur- 
pose. Voted, to raise four thousand 
pounds to defray the cost and chages 
of raising said soldiers, 4000,001. 

A story too good to remain untold 
is the following, which was told to 
me by a man who had it from the 
lips of one of the participants, and 
the truth of it is vouched for. 

On occasion it was necessary to 
raise a number of men to fill the 
quota of the town in the Cotinental 
army, and it was decided to muster 
one of the companies of minute men, 
and call for volunteers. The call 
was issued, the company paraded 
in front of Squire Russell's Tavern 
and after a stirring appeal with the 
fife and drum *'the object of the ex- 
pedition"was stated ; a pause ; no one 
responded ; then an appeal to the 
patriotism of the men was made by 
the commanding officers ; still no re- 
sponse : the person who tells the 



34 

story suggested to the Captain the 
proximity of Squire Russell's bar 
room, and the result was a round of 
grog, but that had apparently, no 
more effect on the lines than the fife 
and drum ; a second round of grog, 
still no man came forward, and the 
company broke ranks for a while, 
then fell in, and Squire Russell again 
appeared with liquid refreshment, 
this time more liberal than before, 
and it soon began to show its eftbct, 
for the next time a call was made, 
one man stepped to the front, then 
another and another until the whole 
company wanted to go, and the quo- 
ta was filled. 

The currency had depreciated at 
the time so nmch that it required 
$13.43 of it to pav one dollar in gold 
or silver; it continued to decline in 
value every month until the close of 
1780, when the new emission bills 
ap])eared. and they rapidly deprecia- 
ted to total worthlessness. 

July 12, 1779, Voted, that the 
committee chosen to hire 7 Continen- 
tal and 3 Rhode Island soldiers 
be hereby empowered to draw 



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out of the Treasury of this 
Town nineteen hundred and 
seventy four pounds to pay the above 
said soldiers for their service. 

Also voted, the aforesaid commit- 
tee be hereby empowered to draw a 
sufficient sum of money out ot the 
sd. treasury to purchase 263 bushels 
of Rie for sd. soldiers for their ser- 
vice. Voted, that the committee 
chosen to hire soldiers be impower- 
ed to draw a sufficient sum of money 
out of the treasury to hire 2 men to 
serve as soldiers at Boston 3 months. 
Dudley Carleton, Esq., was chosen 
delegate to attend a Convention of 
State delegates July 14, at Concord. 
The question was put whether the 
Town would instruct Dudley Carle- 
ton, Esq., to concur with the other 
delegates of committees in lowering 
the prices of Country produce in pro- 
portion to the Merchants lowering 
the price of their Merchandize, and 
it passed in the affirmative. 



VII. 

A muster roll of Capt. Nathaniel 
Gage's company of minute men, 
Lexington alarm, April 19, lyys* 
Marched to Cambridge, time, 7 days. 

FIRST FOOT COMPANY. 

Nathaniel Gage, Capt. 
Thomas Stickney, ist, Lieut. 
Eliphalet Hardy, 2nd, Lieut. 

SERGEANTS. 

Moses Pearsons, 

eremiah Kimball, 
Ephraim Hardy, / 
Phineas Cole, 



4 



CORPORALS. 

Amos Pillsbury, 
Ebenezer Mullicken, 
Joseph Jennings, 
Abijah Gage. 

Stephen Plummer, Drummer. 



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PRIVATES, 

Richard Ayers, 
Archelaus Balch, 
William Bacon, 
Nicholas Buswell, 
Enos Bishop, 
Simeon Currier, 
Ebenezer Davis, 
Caleb Foot, 
Thaddeus Gage, 
Moses Gage, 
Jonathan Gage, 
John Greenough, 
Nathaniel Griffin, 
John Haggett, 
John Hall, 
Nathan Hardy, ^ 
Moody Hardy, 
Isaac Hardy, 
Benjamin Hardy, , 
Moses Kimball, 
John Kimball, 
Edmon Kimball, 
Aquilla Kimball, 
Daniel Mullicken, 
Moody Morse, 
Free Parker, 
Jesse Rollins, 
Charles Walker, 



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Solomon Kimball, 
Jonathan Silvia, 
Robert Savory, 
John Platts, 
Stephen Morse, 
John Palmer, 
Samuel Marden, 
Moses Platts. 

Time roll made up by me, alarm 

of April 19th, marched to Cambridge 

John Savory, Captain. 

SECOND FOOT COMPANY. 

Capt. John Savory. 
Lieut. Moses Harriman. 

SERGEANTS. 

Joshua Hardy, ^ 
Solomon Tenney, 
William Savory. 

CORPORALS. 

James Palmer, 
Ebenezer Stickney, 
Retier Parker, 
David Hopkinson. 
Fifer, Thomas Wood. 
Drummer, Thomas Savory, 

PRIVATES. 

Jas. Richardson, 



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Eliph. Rollings, 
William Tapley, 
Moses Plummer, 
Solomon Hardy, 
Nath. Plummer, 
Jona. Stevens, 
Eben Hardy, 
Jonas Hardy, 
David Marden, 
Dan. Nichols, 
Sam. Savory, 
Charles Walker, 
Daniel Hopkinson, 
Wm. Perry, 
Jos. Richardson, 
David Hall, 
Wm. Tenney, 
Asa Tenney, 
John Burbank, 
Israel Hardy, ^ 
James Dwjnel, 
Sam. Palmer, 
Eben Wood, 
John Tenney, 
John Savory Jr., 
Moses W^ood, Jr., 
Eben. Hopkinson, 
Richard Wallingford, 
Jess. Atwood, 



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Jona. Bailey, 

Enoch Hardy, ^ 

Nat. Greenough, 

Thomas Kirby, 

Joseph Atwood, Jr., 

Abner Hardy, ^ 

Samuel Tenney, 

John Jennings. 

Muster roll of detachment under 
Sergt. Kimball that marched from 
Bradford on the 19th, April, 1775, 
to Cambridge. Distance marched, 
62 miles; time, 5 days. 

Sergt., Albert Kimball. 

PRIVATES. 

John Runnels, 
Richard Woodman, 
Benj. Haggett, 
James Head, 
Thomas Sticknee, 
Solomon Smith, 
Benj. Mills, 
Phineas Goodheu, 
Saml. Clough, 
John Haseltine, 
Nathan Griffin, 
David Kimball, 
Richard Perry, 
Timothy Gage. 



VIII 

Essex ss. To Phineas Carlton, 
one of the Constables for the Town 
of Bradford : — 

These are in the name of the Gov- 
ernment and People to will and re- 
quire you forthwith to notify all the 
male inhabitants that are free, and 
twenty-one years of age, belonging 
to the Town of Bradford, that they 
assemble and meet at the West Meet- 
inghouse in said town on Wednes- 
day the Fourth day of August next 
at two o'clock, afternoon. To see if 
the Town will send a man or men 
to Cambridge in the county of Mid- 
dlesex upon a convention the first 
day of September next, in order to 
agree upon a new Constitution or 
form of Government for this state. 



42 

Also to see what instructions they 
will give their delegate or delegates 
when so chosen. 

At a legal meeting of the Town of 
Bradford held on Wednesday the 4th 
August, 1779? ^t 2 p. m. The 
Town, agreeable to a resolve of the 
General Court passed June the 15th, 
1779, made choice of Mr. Peter Rus- 
sell as a delegate to meet the dele- 
gates at a convention to be held at 
Cambridge on the first day of Sep- 
tember next, for the sole purpose of 
framing a Constitution for this state, 
and he was instructed, "when the 
Constitution is framed to deliver a 
copy thereof to the Selectmen, in or- 
der to have it laid before the town 
for their inspection." 

Aug. 17, 1779. At a meeting 
held this clay Dudley Carlton, Esq., 
was chosen as agent to attend the 
General Court on the 2nd Wednes- 
day of their next session in order to 
defend the Town Claim to 18 Con- 
tinental Soldiers they hired for three 
years, from the Eastward parts : a- 
gainst the claim of several towns to 
said men. 



43 

Oct. 5, 1779. Voted: To hire 
four men to do duty at Boston until 
the second Wednesday of November 
next. Voted : That the Committee 
be hereby empowered to draw a suf- 
ficient sum of money out of the Treas- 
ury, to hire said men. Voted : To 
make an addition of three to the 
Committee of Correspondence and 
Inspection. Dr. Thomas Kimball, 
Abel Kimball and Lt. Thomas 
Stickney were appointed. 

Oct. 1 1, 1 779. Voted : To hire ten men 
to join General Washington's army at 
New York, and to do duty as sol- 
diers for the term ol three months, 
if not sooner discharged. Made 
choice of the following persons as a 
committee for the above, viz : Messrs. 
Nathaniel Gage, Daniel Kimball, 
Joseph Mulliken, John Savory, 
Thomas Stickney, Moses Harriman, 
Thomas Kimball, Samuel Adams, 
Phineas Carlton, Solomon Tenney, 
Thomas Webster, Peter Russell, 
John Head, William Savory, Daniel 
Thurston, Thomas Tenney, Benjam- 
in Walker, Eliphalet Hale, Benjam- 
in Muzzy and Nathaniel Plumer. 



44 

Voted : To the Committee chosen 
the iith of October, to hire ten sol- 
diers to go to Claverick, New York, 
the sum of 1995I, '*which sum the 
committee have paid or engaged to 
the soldiers that went to join Gener- 
al Washington's army." 

Selectmen for 1780: Thomas 
Morse, Broadstreet Parker, David 
Kimball, Junr., Eliphalet Hale, 
Benj. Walker. 

May 23, 1780: The question was 
put whether the Town would put 
the Rev. Ebenezer Dutch in posses- 
sion of one half of the Ministerial 
land lying on the Town of Bradford, 
and it passed in the negative. Voted : 
To Wm. Tenney for mending a 
chair, 2I. 2s. od. 



IX 



June 5th, 1780, The Constitu- 
tion was read, and after due deliber- 
ation on the important affair, the fol- 
lowing votes passed, viz : 

The question was put, whether 
the Town would accept of the Con- 
stitution as it now stands, except the 
third article, and it passed in the af- 
firmative. Then a vote was tried 
upon the third Article and there ap- 
peared to be 51 for it, as it stands, 
and 1 1 against it. Voted : That on 
the article concerning the qualifica- 
tion of the Governor, that the word 
Protestant be inserted after the word 
Christian. 



46 

June 12, 17S0. Voted: To 
choose a committee to hire 16 men 
to serve as soldiers in the Continent- 
al Army for the term of six months ; 
accordingly made choice of Capt. 
Nathaniel Gage,Lt. Daniel Kimball, 
Thomas Savory, Lt. Thomas Stick- 
ney,Lt. Eliphalet Hardy, Dr. Thom- 
as Tenney, Lt- Moses Harriman, 
Lt.Phineas Cole,Adjt. Dan'l Hardy, 
Jonathan Kimball, William Savory, 
Stephen Carlton, Lt. Abel Kimball, 
Jonathan Chad wick, Timo. Kim- 
ball, John Head, Richard Kimball. 
Jonathan Stevens, Abraham Day, 
Jr., Daniel Fenney, John Burbank, 
Nathaniel Kimball, Moses Wood, 
Jr., Richard Woodman, Samuel 
W(jod, Jona. Bailey, Jr., Samuel 
Adams, Lt. Nathl. Parker, Nathl. 
Balch, Saml. Palmer, Eliphalet Rol- 
lins and John Day, Jr. 

June 28, 1780. Dea. I'homas 
Kimball, Moderator. The follovv^- 
ing votes were passed : 

"Ordered : That the Town Treas- 
urer reimburse to the Selectmen the 
mileage money that they have lately 
advanced to 16 Continental soldiers. 



47 

The question was put whether tJie 
Town would reconsider a vote pas- 
sed March, 17791 respecting carry- 
ing on the war in future by a rate, 
and it passed in the negative. 

Voted : To choose a Committee 
to hire four men to serve as soldiers 
in the Continental Army for the term 
of six months, and 19 men to serve 
as Militia for the space of three 
months, accordingly made choice of 
Francis Kimball, Lt. Nathl. Plumer, 
Shubael Tenney, Thomas Cross, 
Joseph Richardson, Joseph Day, 
Stephen Burbank, Saml. Green- 
ough, Elijah Hardy, Amos Carlton, 
Retire Parker, Stephen Foster, Da- 
vid Hopkinson, Samuel Hopkinson, 
Obadiah Hall, Peter Gage, John 
Griffin, Job Bailey, Thomas Wood, 
Moses Haggett, Thomas Savory, 
Elliot Pay son, John Runnels, Josh- 
ua Hardy, VVm. Parker, Solomon 
Hardy, Stephen Plumer, Jeremiah 
Gage, Reuben Carlton, Ebenezer 
Kimball, Jacob Kimball, Wm. Bail- 
ey, Richard Walker, Edmund Kim- 
ball, Jr., Solomon Kimball, Nathl. 
Thurston, Aquilla Kimball, Daniel 



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Buswell, Stephen Parker, Josiah 
Bacon, Isaac Platts, Jr., David 
Palmer, Samuel Savory, Daniel 
Thurston, Jr. and Moses Parker to 
serve as that committee. 

Oct. 12, 1780. Voted: That 
Rev. Ebenezer Dutch may enter in- 
to immediate possession and peacea- 
ble improvement of the one half of 
the Ministerial land Iving in Brad- 
ford." 

Voted : To raise the sum ot 
43844I., i2s,,6d.for Town expenses. 

Voted : That the Selectmen be di- 
rected to purchase 10750 weight ot 
beef for the use of the Army, and 
that they be hereby empowered to 
draw a sufficient sum of money out 
of ye town treasury to purchase said 
beef. 

Dec. 20, 1780. Voted: To 
choose a committee to settle accounts 
with ye soldiers that were hired for 
six months in the year 1780, "and 
also them that was hired for three 
months ye same year, and likewise 
with ye committee that hired said 
soldiers ;" accordingly made choice 
of Major Gage, Mr. Russell, Lt. 



49 

Abel Kimball, Lt. Thomas Stick- 
ney and Col. Thurston, as a. com- 
mittee for the above said purpose. 
At an adjourned meeting, Dec. 25, 
1780, voted to choose a committee 
of seven to hire 18 men to serve as 
soldiers in the Continental Army for 
the term of three years or during the 
present war. Also ordered that the 
Town Treasurer, or his successor in 
office be hereby directed to give his 
security in behalf of the Town to each 
man the above said committee shall 
hire. 

Made choice of the Selectmen as 
a committee to purchase 20,642 w. 
of beef for the use of the State, also 
voted, That the said committee be 
empowered to give their security in 
behalf of the town for the above said 
beef. Voted, that there be one month's 
schooling in the school house near 
Mr. John Burbank's the present 
year. 

At a legal meeting held the 3d of 
January 1781, it was voted, To raise 
the sum of sixty one thousand nine 
hundred and twenty six pounds, to 
purchase beef for the use of the state. 



50 

On the twenty third of January a 
meeting was called and among other 
things, to see if the town will pass a 
vote to pay the money in lieu of beef 
at Four dollars and a half per pound 
or the money for any part of said 
beef: on this question it was voted, 
that the Selectmen for the time being 
have discretionary power either to 
purchase the beef for the use of the 
State, or to pay the money for said 
beef as they shall think will best 
serve the interest of the town. 

Meetings were called "In the 
name of the Commonwealth of Mass- 
achusetts," after Oct. 12, 1780; 
instead of "In the name of the Gov- 
ernment and People of the State of 
Massachusetts Bay." 



X 



On the 29th of Jany. 1781, a meet- 
ing was called to see what sum of 
silver money the Town will vote to 
raise to hire 18 men to serve as sol- 
diers in the Continental Army, for 
the town of Bradford, for three years 
or during the war. Voted, to raise 
300 pounds in silver. 

The following shows the method 
of filling the quota : The taxpayers 
were divided into classes, each class 
to furnish a soldier. I have been 
fortunate enough to find an original 
list of the members of one class to- 
gether with the amount of their as- 
sessments. 



52 



By order of the General Cort we 
the subscribers have Claft the inhab- 
itants of Bradford and the within 
written names are hereby Required 
to Procure a man to do three years 
Service, or during the War in the 
Continental Army, Bradford March 
th' 9 1782. 

Broadstreet Parker ) Selectmen 

Eliphalet Hale j of Bradford. 

John Savery Cpt. 

Jofeph Richardfon, 242 

Jofeph Richardfon, Jnr., 11 

Daniel Richardfon, ii 

Wd. Abigail Platts, 5 

James Dwinnile, 9 

James Wallingford, 6 

Nicholas Wallingford, 8 

Wd. Abigail Wallingford, 

Stephen Morfe, 

David Hopkinfon, 

David Hopkinfon, Jur., 

Nathaniel Hopkinfon, 

Daniel Hopkinfon, 

Capt. Jonathan Bailey, 

Jonathan Bailey, Jur., 

William Bailey, 

Ifaac Platts, 

Ifaac Platts, Jur., 

Samuele Greenough, 

Edward Toppan, 

Burpey Ames, 



17 



2 

19 
18 
18 

13 

13 

I 

3 

4 
12 

18 

9 
2 

3 
17 



4 

8 

II 

2 

5 
I 
8 
1 
2 
6 
9 
3 
o 

9 

3 
II 

9 

5 
2 
2 
5 



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Each Perfon is to pay his propor- 
tion towards furnishing the Men, as 
annexed to their Refpective Names 
in the above Lift. 

By Order of the General Court. 

Selectmen 1781, Joseph Kimball, 
Solomon Tenney, Abraham Day Jr., 
Lt. Nathaniel Plummer, Richard 
Woodman. Voted, not to make up 
the depreciation of money on a note 
of hand due Peter Gage from the 
town. Reuben Carleton, Lt. Abel 
Kimball and Obadiah Kimball were 
chosen a committee to take care of 
the guns and lead, and accoutrements 
of war belonging to the Town. 

Voted, to Richard Kimball for 1 1 
squares of glass for the schoolhouse 
47I. o o. 

Voted, to Eliot Payson for one 
day's work on the schoolhouse 12I. 

At a meeting held Mch. 17, 1781, 
the question was put, whether the 
town would re-consider all the votes 
they have passed respecting the im- 
powering a committee to hire 18 
soldiers to serve in the Continental 
Army, and it passed in the affirma- 
tive. 



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The vote empowering the Treas- 
urer to give his security to said 
soldiers was likewise reconsidered ; 
and also the vote to raise 300I. to 
hire said soldiers. 

Voted, that the Selectmen be 
hereby impowered to draw a suffic- 
ient sum of money out of the Treas- 
ury to pay the mileage of the Conti- 
nental soldiers. 

Vote for Governor 1781, John 
Hancock 25 votes. For Lieut. Gov- 
ernor, Thos. Gushing Esqr., 25votes. 

At a meeting held July 6, 1781, 
Mr. Bradstreet Parker moderator. 
Voted, To build a School house in 
the East end of the Town about 
twenty feet square. Voted, To raise 
30I. hard money for the above pur- 
pose, and that John Burbank, Mr. 
Peter Russell & Wm. Savory be a 
Committee to build said house. 

At a legal meeting held July 19, 
1 78 1, it was Voted. That the Town 
raise 8525 wt. of Beef for the use of 
the Continental army and deliver the 
same to the superintendent at six 
different times according to the re- 
solve of the General Court passed 
June 22, 1 78 1. 



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Voted, To raise the sum of 400I. 
hard money to purchase sd. beef and 
hire soldiers. 

Ordered, that the Treasurer pay 
5 181,5s, 3d to the County Treasurer in 
bills of the new emission, at the rate 
of I dollar & 7-8 of a dollar in lieu 
of a hard dollar. 

Voted, That the Town Treasurer 
hire forty shillings Silver money, 
and deliver to the Committee cho- 
sen to purchase beef. 

December 6, 1781. Voted, To 
reconsider the two votes that were 
passed last July and Sept., ordering 
the Treasurer to pay the County 
Treasurer Bills of the New Emis- 
sion in lieu of hard money, and he 
is hereby directed to pay to the 
Treasurer of the County the sum oi 
14I. 9s. od. in Silver money. Jan. 
15, 1782, Voted, That Mr. Peter 
Russell, our Representative be here- 
by instructed to use his utmost en- 
deavor to obtain a repeal of an act 
of the General Court, laying duties 
on Sundry articles. 

Voted, That the scholars that at- 
tend the town school be taxed for 



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the wood consumed in said school in 
due proportion to the time they shall 
attend, and that the tax be laid on 
those under whose care said scholars 
are. 

Feb. 1 6, 1782, the following votes 
passed. 

Voted, To accept the report of the 
committee chosen at a former (the 
last) town meeting which was as 
follows: "The committee chosen to 
treat with those men the Town is in- 
debted to. Report, That some time 
since they met those men and find 
that there is a considerable sum due 
to them, which should have been 
paid before the old paper currency 
was out of credit, but as it has been 
neglected, the men decline to take 
anything short of a silver dollar in 
lieu of 75 of the old emission. Per 
order of Dudley Carlton." 

Voted, That the Town Treasurer 
be hereby directed to receive no 
money into the Town Treasury but 
what is a lawful tender, and pay the 
town debts as soon as he can, ac- 
cording to the scale of depreciation 
as established by the General Court. 



57 

Voted, That the Treasurer be 
hereby directed to exchange the pa- 
per he has in the Treasury for silver, 
at tlie best rate he can, and also to 
receive from Constable Woodman 
93 dollars in paper money, which 
he has already collected for taxes, 
and exchange that likewise. 

April I, 1782. Voted, That the 
committee appointed to settle with 
the soldiers in the year 1780, be 
hereby directed to settle with Lt. 
Plumer, and make up the loss he 
sustained in hiring a six months sol- 
dier. 

Voted, To Lt. Nathl. Plumer 25 
silver dollars for ye loss he sustained 
in hiring a six months soldier, he 
paying to ye Town Treasurer 646 
dollars. Old Emission which he has 
on hand. 

Selectmen, 1782 : 
Francis Kimball 
Jonathan Kimball 
Mr. Peter Russell 
Lieut. Phineas Cole 
Retier H. Parker 

The original of the following is in 
the possession of the descendiants of 
Lieut. David Hopkinson. 



58 

Bradford, October the 2, 1782. 
I Prom is to Pay or Cause to be 
Paid Unto Lt. David Hopkinson the 
just and full sum of three Hundred 
Dollars to be Paid in Silver or Gold 
Upon Demand if the said Abner 
Danford Dus Not belong to the town 
of Brunswick in the County of Cum- 
berland and the State of masfechutes 
and is Not free from the Continental 
Army Before the Date of this Pref- 
ant Obligation and if the said Dan- 
ford stands free and Cleare for a 
Soulger for this state then the Above 
Oblegation to be Void and of no 
afect or Else to Remain in full force 
as witnefs my Hand. 
teft In. Corlifs 

Wm. Hubbs. 
Selectmen 1783 

Thomas Cross 

Phineas Carleton 

Richard Walker 

Thomas Savory 

Edmund Kimball, Jr. 



XI 



Capt. Gage's Company, CoL 
Frye's Regiment, Cambridge, 1775. 
This roll, although no month is given 
is without doubt, that of the company 
that fought at Bunker hill. 
Nath'l. Gage, Capt. 
Thomas Stickney, ist Lieut. 
Eliphalet Hardy, 2nd Lieut. 
Sergt. Moses Pearson, 
" Jeremiah Kimball, 
" Ephraim Hardy, 
" Phineas Cole. 
Corp. Amos Pillsbury, 
" Ebenezer Mullicken, 
" Joseph Jennings, 
" Abijah Gage. 

PRIVATES. 

Richard Ayers 
Jesse Atwood 
Archelaus Balch 
William Bacon 



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Josiah Bacon 
Nicholas Buswell 
Joseph Brown 
Giles Burrows 
Enos Bishop 
Samuel Clough 
Simeon Currier 
David Cheney 
Eben Davis 
Caleb Foot 
Jona. Gage 
Thaddeus Gage 
Nat. Greenough 
Nat. Griffin 
John Haggett 
John Hall 
Nat. Hardy 
Benj. Hardy 
Isaac Hardy 
Moody Hardy 
Edmund Kimball 
Aquilla Kimball 
Thomas Kirby 
Richard Kimball 
Moses Kimball 
Daniel Mullicken 
Benj. Mills 
Moody Morse 
Free Parker 



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Moses Platts 

Richard Perry 

Jesse Rollins 

Charles Walker 

Jonathan Woodman 

Caleb Whitney 

Sol. Kimball 

John Kimball 

Jonathan Silver 

Robert Savary 

John Platts 

Stephen Morse. 

A muster roll of a detachment of 
the second foot company in Brad- 
ford, who marched for the defence 
of Cape Ann on the 30th of Novem- 
ber, 1775, under the command of 
Capt. John Savory, time .of service, 
five days. 

Capt. John Savory 

Lieut. Moses Harriman 

Sergt. James Greenough 
" Solomon Tenney 

Corporal, David Hopkinson 

Drummer, Thomas Savory 

Fifer, Thomas Wood 

PRIVATES. 

Ebenezer Wood 
Eljphalet Rollings 



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Nathaniel Plummer 

Stephen Morse 

Moses Plummer 

Samuel Marden 

Jonas Abbott 

Nich. Wallingford 

Jesse Atwood 

David Plumer 

Eben Hardy 

Moses Parker 

Samuel Savory 

Moses Wood Jun. 

Jonas Hardy Jun. 

Spencer Bailey 

Samuel Bacon 

Nathan Burbank 

Asa Tenney 

Israel Hardy 

Asa Wallingford 

James Barker 

Henry Hardy 

Isaac Platts Jun. 

John Banks. 

Bradford men in Rhode Island on 
roll of Capt. Jere. Pitman's Com- 
pany, Col. Nathan Tyler's Reg. 

Lieut. Jeremiah Kimball 

Private Day Mitchell. 

Time i month 5 days, 107 miles. 



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Roll of Capt. Johnson's Co., Col. 
Pitman's Regt., Mass. Bay Militia 
to the Statp of Rhode Island, from 
Bradford. 7^ miles, 2 months, 10 
days. 

Solomon Smith 

Joseph Brown 

Timothy Haggett 

James Barker 

David Hall 

Zechariah Barker 

Day Mitchell 

Bradford men who served in the 
army, not on any, of the foregoing, 
muster rolls. 

Lieut. Daniel Kimball 
" Abel Kimball 
** Nathaniel Plummer 

Adjt. Daniel Hardy 

Col. Daniel Thurston 

Maj. Benjamin Gage 

Amos Mullicken 

Dudley Hardy 

John Wool 

Benjamin Atwood 

Eliot Payson 

Ezra Trask 

Benjamin Morse. 



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Voted, at a meeting held Maj 17, 
17S3, That the Representative for 
this town for the ensuing year be 
herebv instructed to use his utmost 
endeavors to prevent any person or 
persons returning to live in this 
Commonwealth who have conspired 
against or absented themselves from 
the United States during the contin- 
uance of the war with Great Britain. 



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REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 

In the Old Cemetery at 

GROVELAND 

Whose graves are designated by 

S. A. R. Markers. 

At the last annual town meet- 
ing (1895), it was voted to place 
markers of the Society of the 
Sons of the x\merican Revolution 
on the graves of all Revolution- 
arv soldiers buried in Groveland. 
Mr. J. K. P. Balch and the 
writer, being the only members 
of the society in town, volun- 
teered their services in the search 
that must be made to locate the 
markers. Mr. Balch had already 



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placed one on the grave of his 
ancestor, Capt. Thomas Stickney. 
Farther assistance was rendered 
by Mr. Charles T. Balch, onr 
representative at the General 
Court, in examining- the records 
at the State House. 

Thirty-three graves are, marked 
thus far, and it is known that 
there are other graves of old sol- 
diers in the cemetery; but, as 
the}' have no grave stones, they 
could not be found. There are 
several stones with inscriptions 
bearing names corresponding to 
names found on the Revolution- 
ary rolls, but, as there is doubt 
about the identity of the men, 
they were not decorated. 

The names have been placed 
alphabetically, without regard to 
rank or age. The writer has tried 
to ascertain something about 
each, and place it on record, 
althouo^h the knowledtje chained 
about some of tjiem is ver}- meagre. 



6? 

Care has been taken to verify all 
statements ; it will not be surpris- 
ing, however, if some mistakes are 
found, for we must bear in mind 
that the old records were not al- 
ways kept carefuljy. 

Great difh^culty has been ex- 
perienced in consequence of the 
custom that obtained up to the 
beginning of the present century 
of giving the first-born son his 
father's name, which frequently 
resulted in there being two of 
the same name, both of a mili- 
tary age, and perhaps both in the 
service at the same or at different 
times ; the junior^ which should 
have been attached to one of 
them, was often omitted. 

Jesse Atwood, 

Born Sept. 6, 1748, son of 
John and Mary (Wood) Atwood ; 
married Dec. 31, 1778, Abigail 
Hardy, daughter of Eliphalet and 
Hannah (Platts) Hardy. Mr. 



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Atwood was a member of Capt. 
John Savory's company of min- 
iite-men, and marched on the 
alarm of x^pr. 19, 1775; he also 
fouf^ht at Bnnker Hill in Capt. 
Nathaniel Gage's company. He, 
in common with persons of that 
day, worked on the farm in sum- 
mer and in the shop during the 
winter months. His father was 
killed in the French and Indian 
War, at Crown Point, when Jesse 
was only seven years old. 

In his later years, Mr. Atwood 
lived in the house now occupied 
b}^ Mrs. Laura A. Atwood. He 
was the ancestor of the late Moses 
P. Atwood, Miss Priscilla P. At- 
wood, Mr. Charles A. and Miss 
Lois P. Atwood, Mrs. Heman 
Balch and Mrs. E. Milton Stacey. 
He died Sept. 10, 1827. 

JosiAH Bacon, 

Son of Josiali and Mary Bacon, 
was born in 1723 ; married, first. 



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Abigail Knowlton, Oct. 7, 1745; 
second, Abigail, daughter of 
John and Mary (WoodJ Atwood, 
Sept. 8, 1788. 

Mr. Bacon was . a private in 
Capt. Gage's company at Bunker 
Hill. He lived on the old Bacon 
farm on King street, in the house 
now standing, owned by Philip 
Martino and occupied by Samuel 
Burbank . Mr. Bacon was a promi- 
nent man in town affairs, and 
filled several offices. He died 
Dec. 14, 1807. 

Samuel Bacon, 

Born in 1756, son of Josiah 
and Abigail (Knowlton) Bacon ; 
married Feb. 25, 1788, Sally 
Perlev of Boxford. Mr. Bacon 
went to the defence of Cape x'\nn 
in November, 1775, serving five 
days ; was afterward a lieutenant 
in the militia ; he lived with his 
father on the old Bacon farm ; 
died Nov. 22, 1809. 



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Jonathan Bailey, 

Born April 4, 1742, son of 
Jonathan and Rebecca (Hardy) 
Bailey ; married Mary Eanies, 
danghter of Nathan and ]\Iary 
Eames of Bradford, June 24, 
1773. Mr. Bailey inarched to 
Cambridge on the Lexington 
alarm, being one of the minute- 
men enrolled in the Second Foot 
company ; afterward a captain in 
the militia. He lived in the "old 
brick-end Bailey house " in 
Savaryville, where he died Jan. 
29, 1823, at a ripe old age. 

John Burbank 

Was the son of Eleazer and 
Lydia Burbank, and was born 
May 3, 1722; married, Dec. 20, 
1748, Mercy Savory, daughter of 
Thomas and Mercy (x\dams) Sa- 
vory. Mr. Burbank was enrolled 
in the Second Bradford Foot com- 
pany, and marched with that 



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command on the alarm of Apr. 
^9') 1775- He was a farmer, and 
lived where Mr. Nathan Long- 
fellow now lives ; took promi- 
nent part in the management of 
the affairs of the town ; he died 
Sept. 1 8, i8o2, in his eightieth 
A-ear. 



Nathan Burbank, 

Son of John and Mercy (Savory) 
Bnrbank, was born Ang. 17, 
1757; married Febmary, 1781, 
Elisabeth Palmer, danghter of 
Samnel and Mary (Savory) 
Palmer. iVlthongh a "beardless 
yonth of eighteen ' ' yonng Bnr- 
bank did service in the defence 
of Cape Ann, November, 1775; 
lived with his father in what 
is now the Longfellow honse; 
he died Jnly 17, 1819. 

Ancestor of Mrs. Edward Har- 
rington of this town, and Mrs. H. 
A. Bnrnham of Gloncester. 



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Phineas Carleton 

Was the son of Dea. Thomas and 
Abigail Carleton; born Oct. i, 
1740; married, first, Dec. 8, 
1763, Susannah, daughter of Jo- 
seph and Hannah (Goodrich) 
Stickney ; second, August, 1784, 
Sarah Mullicken. Mr. Carleton 
was a sergeant in Capt. Nathaniel 
Gage's company, and served from 
Sept. 30, to Nov. 6, 1777. He 
lived on Christian Hill, South 
Groveland, in the house now 
owned by Mrs. Benson; was a 
miller, and had a grist mill on 
Johnson's Creek, near the place 
where the old woollen mill now 
stands. 

Ancestor of Thomas H. Balch 
and familv, Frank P. Balch, Mrs. 
C. P. Savary, Mrs. h. K. Pem- 
berton, Mrs. x^bigail Carleton, 
Phineas B. and Alvin R. Carleton 
and Mrs. Newton Tilton. 



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John Curtis, 

Son of William Curtis of Ivvnii, 
born in 1743 ; married Mary- 
Parker, daughter of Samuel and 
Mary (Stevens) Parker ; held the 
rank of sergeant in Capt. Jacob 
Gould's company. Col. Samuel 
Johnson's regiment, Apr. 19, 
1775, was then of Boxford ; 
came to Groveland later and lived 
on Main street, in the next house 
east of Hervey K. Parker's, which 
was then on the estate of his 
wife's father, now owned by 
George H. Collum. He died 
April 3, 1826. 

Mr. Curtis was the ancestor of 
Mrs. J. Harraden Savary of 
Groveland, Mr. Leverett M.' Ty- 
ler of Bradford, Mr. Walter G. 
Curtis of Southport, North Caro- 
lina, Mr. Henry Curtis of Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., and others. 



74 

Solomon Hardy, 

Son of Capt. Eliphalet and Han- 
nah (Platts) Hardy ; born Nov. 
20, 1747; married Sarah Bailey, 
danghter of Amos and Sarah 
(Cottle) Bailey; served in the 
Second Foot company on the 
alarm of April 19, 1775. 

Ancestor of Nathaniel Parker, 
Kingston, N. H.; N. P. Gage, 
Washington, D. C. ; S. Kimball 
Gage, Charlestown, Mass.; Mrs. 
D. P. Hopkinson and Mrs. N. 
Woodbnrn Nichols of Groveland, 
Mrs. Edward Stickney of Chel- 
sea, Mass. Died Ang. 9, 1801. 

Joshua Hardy. 

Born Sept. 24, 1740 ; son of 
Benjamin and ' Rebecca (Rolf) 
Hardy; married, Oct. 15, 1765, 
Hannah Tyler of Boxford. Mr. 
Hardy was a sergeant in the sec- 
ond company'of minnte-men, and 
marched to Cambridge on the 



75 

alarm from Lexington April 19, 
1775. He lived in the field be- 
tween King and Rollins streets, 
inj the rear of the late Tyler 
Hardy's house, where he died 
June 3,1814. 

Ancestor of Misses Elisabeth 
Ann and Harriet Hardy, Clarence 
C, Cornelia M. and Arianna K. 
Hardy, Albert L. and Allen 
Hardy, Mrs. Charles Brown, 
Sumner, Mary Esther and Lucilia 
Adelaide- Hardy, Mrs. Wood- 
bridge Parker and Wallace King. 

Lieut. Moses Harriman, 

Born April 10, 1737. Son of 
Nathaniel and Mehitable (Spof- 
ford) Harriman ; married Jane 
Hale, daughter of Samuel and 
Sarah Hale ; first lieutenant in 
the Second Bradford company of 
minute-men, served on the Lex- 
ington alarm, and in the defence 
of Cape Ann in November, 1775. 
Mr. Harriman's father was a cor- 



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net ill the Colonial service, and 
died at Louisbnrg in October, 
1745. Lieut. Harriman lived in 
a house which stood on the site 
of the present Harriman house : 
and it is said that he planted the 
maofuificent elm which stands be- 
fore the house. He died Aug. 
24, 1784. 

Ancestor of Moses H. Harri- 
man of this town, Judge Hiram 
P. Harriman of Barnstable, Mrs. 
E. P. Perkins and Mrs. Samuel 
W. Hall of Georgetown, Mrs. 
Moody M. Palmer, Mrs. Wm. h. 
Moore, Mrs. Enoch Adams and 
Mrs. Walter L. Willis. 

Daniel Hopkinson, 

Born Nov. 25, 1750; was the 
son of David and Elisabeth 
(Platts") Hopkinson ; married 
Hannah Richardson, daughter of 
Joseph and Dorothy (Monroe) 
Richardson January, 1781. Mr. 
Hopkinson served in the Second 



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Bradford Foot company, and re- 
sponded to the call on the alarm 
of April 19, 1775. Helivedin the 
old homestead now occupied by 
Walter H. Hopkinson. 

Ancestor of Walter H. Hopkin- 
son, Daniel W. Hopkinson, Miss 
Abbie C. Hopkinson, Mrs. Wil- 
liam Ruddock and Miss Emma 
Ruddock. He died Feb. 16, 1837. 

Lieut. King Lapham 

Was born Oct. 14, 1743 ; son of 
David and Rebecca (King) Lap- 
ham of Marshfield, Mass.; mar- 
ried Nov. 4, 1764, Lucy Barker, 
by whom he had eleven children. 
He was first lieutenant in Capt. 
Crocker's company Apr. 20 to 
Aug. I, 1775, marched from 
Marshfield ; first lieutenant Sec- 
ond Plymouth County Regiment 
May 8, 1776; served in Rhode 
Island two months in 1776; first 
lieutenant in a company raised to 
guard the passage of the North 



78 

river ; also, in service at Hull 
Mar. 5, 1778. Mr. Lapliam 
came to this town just after the 
War of the Revolution, and was, 
in connection with his son. Bar- 
ker Laphani, enga^^ed exten- 
sively in shipbuilding. He lived 
in the "old Lapham house,'' 
which stood on Main street until 
a few 3'ears ago, on land now 
occupied by W. S. Canney. He 
died Nov. 30, 1826. 

Ancestor of Mrs. Adeline and 
Miss Priscilla Parker, Benjamin 
P. Hale, Esq., of Boxford, James 
F. Hale, Lucy L. Howe and Ma- 
bel G. Howe of Cambridge, E.J. 
M. Hale of New Orleans, Benja- 
min K. and Frederick l^. Balch 
of Maiden, Annie P. Balch of 
Boston, ]\Irs. George W. Rowe 
of Haverhill. 

Lieut. Asa Merrill, 

Born June 30, 1732, son of 
Stephen and Keziah (Hardy) 



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Merrill ; married Bethiah ; 

commissioned lieutenant by the 
council x\pr. 3, 1776. He served 
as first lieutenant in a detach- 
ment that marched by the wa}' 
of Providence, R. I., to Danbury, 
Conn., December, 1776. Lieut. 
Merrill was in the Continental 
army three years ; he was then of 
Boxford ; came to Groveland 
later, and lived on the old Ten- 
ney place, now owned by Aaron 
N. Pillsbury, where he died Nov. 
3> 1815. 

He was the ancestor of the late 
Charles S. Tenney, and Alonzo 
L. Quimby, of Groveland, Mrs. 
A. W. Anderson and Miss Mabel 
Anderson of Haverhill, Mrs. 
Jerome Ingalls, Mrs. Rufus A. 
Hovey, Walter R., Robert C, 
Harry C. Ingalls and J. B. Renton 
of Lynn, Ralph C. Hovey of 
Amesbury, Ella R. Hovey, Guy 
C. Hovey, Edward L. Hovey, 
Mrs. Francis Cutts, Mrs. James 



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A. Dwinell, Mrs^ Ambrose H. 
Carsley of Lynn, and many 
others. 

Capt. Day Mitchell 
Was the son of Deacon Nathaniel 
and Abigail (Day) Mitchell ; 
born Jan. 15, 1760; served as 
a private nnder Lient. Jeremiah 
Kimball in Rhode Island when 
in his eighteenth year, and after- 
ward " followed the sea" during 
the Revolntionary War ; was 
taken prisoner several times, and 
once was confined in England. 
Mr. ■ Mitchell married, first, 
Susannah Greenough in 1785, 
and, second, Abigail Parker, Oct. 
24, 1802. He lived to a good 
old age in the house now owned 
by Mrs. Walter L. Pemberton, 
and occupied by her and Mrs. 
Laura A. Fowler, where he died 
in 1848. Mr. George Mitchell, 
his son, is still living, and is 
probably the youngest son of a 
Revolutionary sire in the State. 



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He was the ancestor of Mrs. 
Chas. S. Hardy, Abraham P. 
Mitchell, Mrs. Eustace W. Sar- 
gent, Peter Mitchell, Mrs. Aiiiasa 
E. Drew, Mrs. Elmer F. Smith, 
Mrs. Elbridge H. Carleton, Miss 
Nellie Hardy, Mrs. Wm. F. 
Smith, Mrs. A. S. Barker and 
Mrs. Alvan H. Knox. 

Benjamin Morse 

Was born in Newbury, Feb. 5, 
1754; he was the son of Thomas 
and Elisabeth (Bartlett) Morse; 
married Olive, daughter of James 
and Mary Greenough. i\Ir. 
Morse enlisted as a private in 
Capt. Thomas MighilPs company 
of Rowley, January, 1777, and 
served six months; he also 
served three months and fifteen 
days in Capt. Jonathan Ayer's 
company of Haverhill. He was 
a cloth dresser, and had a fulling- 
mill on Johnson's Creek, near 
the Merrimack river, where he 



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did business for many years. He 
built the house now standing- at 
" Morse's Corner," South Grove- 
land (see illustration), where he 
lived until his death, which oc- 
curred Dec. 23, 1828. 

He was the ancestor of Wil- 
liam H. Morse, Herman F. 
Morse, Miss Fidelia Morse, Mrs. 
Reuben L. Locke and Mrs. B. A. 
Sargeut of Bradford, George D. 
Morse, Charles W. IMorse," Mrs. 
Wni. H. Curtis, Charles E. 
Greenman, Geo. H. Greenman 
and Frank C. Morse of Haver- 
hill, Israel Morse and Mrs. Min- 
nie S. Balch of Newbury port, 
Mrs. Warren L. Cowdrey, Mrs. 
John T. Small, Mrs. George S. 
Hovey, Miss Mattie I. ]\Iorse, 
Mrs. George H. Tenney of Grove- 
land, and many others. 

Samuel Palmer 

was born March 3, 1727 ; son 
of Samuel and Elisabeth Palmer; 



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inaiTied, Jan. 24, 1749, Mary 
Savory, daughter of Thomas and 
Mercy (Adams) Savory. Mr. 
Palmer was on the alarm list of 
April 19, 1775, and marched to 
Cambridge in Capt. John Sa- 
vory's company. He lived on 
the north side of Main St., in 
Savaryville, in the house now 
owned by S. R. Morrill, on land 
that was granted to his grand- 
father, Joseph Palmer, before 
1672. He died Sept. 3, 1800. 

x\ncestor of Mrs. Abigail P. 
Atwood, Mrs. E. M. Stacy, Mr. 
Abel Sticknev and Mrs. W. T. 
Page of this town, John William 
Palmer, Esq., of Washington, 
D. C, Mr. Frank J. Pillsbury, 
Mrs. J. S. Norris, Mrs. Orrin T. 
Carter of Concord, N. H., Mr. 
William O. Palmer, Miss Maria 
A. Palmer, Mrs. Marv F. Bur- 
bank of Hopkinton, N. H.; Mrs. 
Laura Skillings of Henniker, 
N. H., Mrs. Mary Spalding. 



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Moses Parker, 

Son of Bradstreet and Rebecca 
(Balch) Parker; born April 3, 
1756; married Sarah Eaton of 
Haverhill. Mr. Parker served 
his conntry as a private in a de- 
tachment from the Second Foot 
company, nnder Capt. John Sa- 
vory, which was sent to Cape 
x\nn in November, 1775. He 
kept a general store, and lived in 
the honse now occnpied by his 
descendants, opposite Perry Park. 
He was the ancestor of the late 
Dr. ]\Ioses Parker, Peter Parker, 
and jNIoses P. Atwood, and also of 
Miss Priscilla Atwood, Miss 
Annie Parker, Mrs. A. C. Savar\% 
Miss M. E. Parker, W. G. B. 
Parker, Edward H. Parker and 
Charles P. Parker, Mrs. George 
F. Choate of Essex, Miss Sarah 
Cogswell of Bradford, and others. 
He died Jnly 9, 1837. 



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Retier H. Parker, 
Born Dec. 12, 1746; son of 
Abraham and Mrs. Hannah (Ha- 
thorn) Parker; married, first, 
May 9, 1768, Ednah Hardy, 
daughter of Capt. EHphalet and 
Hannah (Platts) Hardy; second, 
Mrs. iVbigail Pearsons (born Tit- 
comb) of Newburyport. When 
the Lexington alarm was sounded 
he was a minute-man in the Sec- 
ond Bradford Foot company, and 
responded to the call, marching 
to Cambridge with the company. 
Mr. Parker was a tanner and cur- 
rier, and had a shop near the 
site of the lower mill in South 
Groveland. He died Feb. 2, 1799. 
Ancestor of the late Dr. Moses 
and Peter Parker, Moses P. and 
Miss Priscilla Atwood, Mrs. Ed- 
ward Stickney of Chelsea, Mass., 
Mrs. Daniel P. Hopkinson and 
Mrs. N. Woodburn Nichols of 
Groveland. Mrs. Geo. F. Choate, 
and Miss Sarah Coeswell. 



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Eliphalet Rollins 

was born Oct. 7, 1757 ; son of 
Eliphalet and Mary (Savory) 
Rollins ; married Patty Sargent 
September, 1782. Yonng Rol- 
lins was a member of the Second 
Foot company of minnte-men, 
and was detailed with abont thirty 
others to go to the defence of 
Cape Ann in November, 1775. 
He afterwards sailed from New- 
bnryport on a privateer. After 
the war was over Mr. Rollins 
settled down in East Bradford as 
a farmer and trader. He had two 
sons, Ebenezer and William, 
whose descendants live in Bos- 
ton. He lived in the house now 
owned by Charles F. Paine, Esq. 
He died Oct. 27, 1818. 

Capt. John Savory 

Was born May 21, 1736; was 
the son of Thomas and Mercy 
(Adams) Savory; married Sarah, 



the daughter of Edward and Mary 
(Spofford) Wood, Sept. ii, 1755. 
Capt. Savory commanded the 
Second Foot company of Brad- 
ford minute-men, and was in 
command of the company ^ at 
Cambridge when the troops as- 
sembled there after the battle of 
Lexington ; he afterwards led a 
detachment of his company to 
Cape Ann. In early life Mr. Sa- 
vory lived in a house which stood 
near the lane leading to Cottle's 
Ferry, but, later, he built the 
house which has since been en- 
larged, where Mrs. J. A. Savory 
and Mr. Wm. Ferguson now live. 
He died x\pril 5, 1805. 

John Savory, Jr. 

son of Capt. John and Sarah 
(Wood) Savory; born Nov. 18, 
1757; married, December, 1779, 
Polly Bacon, and lived in the 
Andrew George house, on the 
east side of Seven Star road. He 



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served with his father in the 
Second Foot company at Cam- 
bridge, April, 1775. Died Jan. 
I, 1823. No descendants living- 
in town. 

Thomas Savory, 

son of Capt. John, and Sarah 
(Wood) Savory; born Feb. 16, 
1756; married, first, Bethiah 
Carleton,Jnne 18, 1778 ; second, 
Polly Rollins, Ang. 18, 1785. 
Mr. Savory was the drnmmer of 
his father's company, and went 
to Cambridge with the company 
on the Lexington alarm ; he also 
accompanied the detachment of 
the Second Foot company to 
Cape Ann in November, 1775. 
He was a prominent man in town 
affairs, a member of the Honse of 
Representatives and a major in 
the militia. Maj. Savory lived 
in the old Savory house, built by 
his father, and still standing in 
Savarvville, on land that has 




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been in the possession of the 
family for several generations. 

He was the ancestor of Wil- 
liam R. Walker of Concord, 
N. H., Mrs. Eldred S. Parker, 
Miss Clara L. Savary, Eben Rol- 
lins Savary, Henry S. Savary, 
Mrs. Aaron B. Parker, Harry 
P. Savary, Eldred P. Savary, 
Mrs. Arthnr E. Abbott, Mrs. 
J. Everett Wood of Grove- 
land; Rev. William H. Savary, 
Edward Hosmer Savary, Esq., 
Miss Anna L. Savary of Boston ; 
Frank Savary, Benjamin Balch 
Savary of Medford ; Rev. George 
Savary of Newark, N. J. Maj. 
Savory died May 2, 1829. 

William Savory, 

Born Dec. 6, 1743 ; son of 
Thomas and Mercy (Adams) 
Savory ; married Mary Gage, 
daughter of Thomas Gage of 
Haverhill, 1764. Mr. Savory 
was a sergeant in the Second 



go 

Bradford Foot company, of which 
his brother John was captain, 
and went to the defence of Cape 
Ann in 1775. He lived in the 
Wm. S. Balch house, now owned 
and occupied by Miss Sarah H. 
Balch. He died July 22, 1800. 

Ancestor of Dr. W. P. Savary 
of Brockton, Miss Annie W. 
Savary, Geo. S. and Edward F. 
Hovey of Groveland; Mrs. Her- 
bert E. Wales of Bradford, J. K, 
P. Balch, Esq., Daniel S. Balch, 
Esq., of Lyons, la., Mrs. Benj. 
F. Peach of Lynn. 

Jeremiah Spofford, 

Born in Rowley, Oct. 12, 1749 ; 
son of Capt. Eliphalet and Lucy 
(Peabody) Spofford; married, 
Feb. 13, 1777, Temperance, 
daucrhter of Col. Daniel and 
Judith (Follansbee) Spofford. At 
the alarm of Lexington he joined 
a company under the command 
of his father, and marched to 



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Cambridge. Mr. Spofford came to 
Groveland (then East Bradford) 
in 1817, and died here in 1827. 

Ancestor of Mr. Herschel A. 
Spofford, Mrs. Laura A. Atwood, 
Miss Apphia T. vSpofford, Mr. 
Edward W. Spofford of Omaha, 
Neb., Miss Helen K. Spofford, 
Miss Belle G. Downie. 

Eleazer Spofford, 

Born Ang. 12, 1739, on Spof- 
ford's Hill, Rowley, now George- 
town ; the son of Dea. Abner 
and Sarah (Coleman) Spofford ; 
married Mary Flint of Dan- 
vers. He was appointed quarter- 
master of the Second Regiment 
Essex County Militia, April 22, 
1775, by his uncle, Daniel Spof- 
ford, colonel. Dea. Spofford was 
a millwright, and built a valua- 
ble set of mills in East Jaffrey, 
N. H. After he retired from 
business he came to Groveland, 
where he died Mar. 15, 1828. 



92 

He was the ancestor of Ains- 
worth R. Spofford, Esq., librarian 
of Congress. 

Jonathan Stevens, 

Born 1747 ; married Mary- 



he served as a private in the 
Second company of minnte-men, 
and marched to Lexington April 
19, 1775; he lived in the house 
on IMain street near tire Grove- 
land bridge, afterward occupied 
by Alanley Hardy ; the house was 
burned in 1887 ; died Dec. 23, 
1802. 

Capt. Thomas Stickney 

Was the youngest son of Thomas 
and Mary (Mullicken) Stickney, 
and was born in Bradford, now 
Groveland, Oct. 24, 1734; he 
married, Jan. 6, 1761, Sarah Ten- 
ney, daughter of Daniel and Ann 
(Coleman) Tenney ; he served 
as a private in Col. Winslow's 
expedition to Nova Scotia in 1755, 



93 

and when the alarm was sounded 
from Lexington he was first lieu- 
tenant in the First Foot company 
of Bradford, Capt. Nathaniel 
Gage, and marched to Cambridge 
with the company ; this company 
was also at the battle of Bunker 
Hill. When the call was made 
for men to resist Burgoyne's prog- 
ress from Canada, Lieut. Sticknc}- 
joined Capt. Joseph Eaton's com- 
pany from Haverhill, and was in 
command of the company at the 
battle of Bennington, where he 
received a serious wound. He 
lived on " Cannon Hill," in the 
"old Garrison house," which 
was built by his grandfather, 
Samuel, about 1703. The house 
was owned and occupied for 
many years by the late Mr. Rich- 
ard Renton, who took it down in 
1854 and built the present house 
occupied by his daughter, Mrs. 
Jane C. Nichols. (See illustra- 
tion.) Died Nov. 8, 1808. 



94 

Capt. Stickney was the ances- 
tor of Charles Stickney, Ed- 
ward Stickney of Chelsea, Mass., 
Niles T. Stickney of Mil- 
waukee, William B. Sticknev 
of Oskosh, Wis.; J. K. P. Balch, 
Esq., Daniel S. Balch of Lyons, 
la.; Thomas W. Stickney, Aaron 

B. Parker, Capt. George R. Stick- 
ney, Mrs. E. H. George, I\Irs. J. 

C. Cobban, Miss Sara Stickney, 
John P. Rundlett, Edward Riind- 
lett, Mrs. E. Richardson, Mrs. 
George H. Symonds and many 
others. 

Ebenezer Stickney, 
Son of Sanniel and Marabah 
(Tenney) Stickney, and nephew 
of Capt. Thomas Stickney ; was 
born Oct. 12, 1745 ; he married, 
Jan. 9, 1770, Molly, daughter of 
Samuel and Mary (Savory) Pal- 
mer. Pie was a corporal in the 
Second Foot company, and 
marched to Cambridge on the 
alarm of April 19, 1775 ; he also 



95 

served in Capt. Nathaniel Gage^s 
company from Sept. 30 to Nov. 
6, 1777 ; died Nov. 13, 1812. 

He was ancestor of Mr. Abel 
Stickney, Mrs. Winslow T, Page, 
John H. Stickney and Frank 
Wallace Stickney. 

Solomon Tenney 
Was born in East Bradford, now 
Groveland, June 19, 1737; he 
was the son of Dea. Phillip and 
Jane (Hale) Tenney ; married, 
Mar. 31, 1 761, Betty Savory, 
daughter of Thomas and Mercy 
(Adams) Sav-ory, by whom he 
had two children, Samuel and 
Savory Tenney. Mr. Tenney 
was first sergeant in the Second 
Foot company of Bradford, and 
marched to Cambridge on the 
alarm of April 19, 1775 ; he also 
served in the defence of Cape Ann 
November, 1775. He lived in 
the house now owned by Edward 
Short, on the north side of Centre 
street ; died Apr. 18, 1830. 



96 

Ancestor of the late Chas. S- 
Tenney, Aloiizo L. Quiinby, 
Miss Alice Quimby, Mrs. Rufus 
A. Hovey, Mrs. Jerome Ingalls, 
John B. Renton, Esq., of Lynn; 
Mrs. A. W. Anderson, Miss Ma- 
bel Anderson of Haverhill and 
many others. 

William Tenney 
Was the son of Dea. Phillip and 
Jane (Hale) Tenney; born in 
Bradford, May 6, 1740; he mar- 
ried Rebecca Eanies, daughter of 
Nathan and Mary Eames. Mr. 
Tenney 's name appears on the 
Lexington alarm roll of the Sec- 
ond Foot company. He lived in 
the old Tenney Tionse, now 
owned by Daniel Abbott, stand- 
ing on a part of the original 
Tenney grant in Savaryville ; 
died May 4, 1826. 

Dea. Tenney was the ancestor 
of Mrs. Thomas H. Balch, Moses 
Foster, Charles T. Balch, Arthur 
C. Balch of Groveland; William 




<.-3»^-''i*t' . 'I 




97 



Balch of Brockton ; Eustis Balcli 
of Oakland, Cal.; Hiram T. 
Balch of Newburyport, Gardner 
P. Balch of Swanipscott, Mrs. 
Eugene C. Brown and others. 

Thomas Wood, 
Born April 8, 1744, the son of 
Moses and Mehitable (Stickney) 
Wood; married, first, Allis 
Bailey, July 8, 1770; second, 
Widow Wallingford. Mr. Wood 
was a iifer in Capt. John Sa- 
vory's company, and marched to 
Cambridge on the alarm of April 
^9) 1775; he also went to Cape 
Ann in November of the same 
year; he lived in Savaryville, 
in the house now known as the 
Hitty Wood house ; died June 
13, 1813- 

Ancestor of David Gile of 
Haverhill and Samuel T. Poor of 
Georgetown . 

Moses Wood, Jr., 
Son of Moses and Mehitable 
(Stickney) Wood, was born Oct. 



98 

23, i753> ^^1 ^ house which stood 
on the hill in the rear of the 
"Hitty Wood" house. He 
married, first, Hannah Hills, 
daug^hter of Josiah and Elisal)eth 
(Stickney) Hills of West New- 
bury, Oct. 25, 1781; second, 
Miss Apphia Spofford, daughter 
of Capt. Eliphalet and Lucy 
(Peabody) Spofford. Mr. Wood 
was on the alarm list of April 
19, 1775, and marched to Cam- 
bridoe as a private in the Second 
Foot company. He built the 
house now standing on the corner 
of Main and Dwinnell streets in 
North Crroveland, in 1780, and 
lived there until his death, which 
occurred July 10, 1830. 

Ancestor of Mrs. Hannah H. 
and Mrs. Sarah M. Danforth of 
Groveland; Mary W. Gunnison 
and Charles Johnson of New- 
buryport ; Mrs. Levi Bickford of 
Dcerfield, N. H.; Edgar Stickney 
and Mrs. Helen Hall of Maiden. 



APPENDIX. 

The following-, taken from the 
records at the State House, is the 
roll of a company- from Haver- 
hill that joined the troops under 
Stark and fought at Bennington 
aud, as it is largely made up of 
inen from Bradford, and has never 
been published, it is given a place 
here : 

"A Continantel Pay Role of 
Capt. Batons compau)^ of Col 
Samuel Johnson's Reg. of Melisia 
h-om the State of the Masatusats 
Bay of the Servise of the United 
States of Emerica. Enlisted 
Aug. 15, Discharged Nov. 29 
(1777) time, 3 mos. 14 davs ; 
miles, 260. 
Joseph Eaton, Capt. 
Thomas Stickney, ist Eieut. 
Nath Plumer, 2d " 



lOO 



Jeremiah Kimball, Serg. 
Abraham Emerson, " 
Daniel Cole, " 

David Hopkinson, " 
Andrew Peabody, " 
James Snow, Corp. 

Robert Andrews, " 
Joseph Gage, " 

Eliphalet Wood, " 
Benaih Clement, " 
Stephen Webster, Drummer, 
John Ally, Private. 

Nathan Baley, 
William Ayer, 
William Bradbury, 
David Bryant, 
John Cooper, 
Andrew Currier, 
Dudley Dustin, 
James Dinsmore, 
Daniel Dow, 
Samuel Ela, 
Samuel Frink, 
Simon Harriman, 
David Kimball, 
Nath. Kimball, 



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Loiigley Kelley, Private, 
Samuel Lecount, " 
Daniel lyadd, '< 

Peter Middleton, 
Will. Morrill, ^' 

Daniel Rimeck, 
James Rimeck, 
John Sanders, ' 

William Sawyer, ' 

James Smiley, < 

Wm. Stuart, *- 

Timothy Sanders, " 

James Whittiker, '' 
EbenezerWhittiker, '^ 

William Asten, ^' 

Jacob Adams, " 

John Andrew, '< 

Amos Baley, << 

Nicolas Bussel, '' 

Samuel Bacon, '' 

Setli Burrows, '' 

Daniel Carlton, '< 

Samuel Eaton, '' 

Simeon foster, '< 

Stephen foster, " 

John Greenoh, " 



X02 



Amos Gage, Private. 

William Heaseltiiie, 

John Heaseltiiie, 

Amos Hovey, 

Asa Hani ford, 

Isaili Hardy, 

Henry Hardy, 

Nathanel Hale, 

Wm. Kimball, 

Simon Kimball, 

Tylfer Porter, 

Ephrm Peabody, 

John Peabody, 

Jerry Roberson, 

Daniel Sestions, 

Amos Spoferd, 

Joshua Wood, 

Ezra Whiles, 

Jacob Pinkem, (?) 



lO- 



I have endeavored to find out 
the names of all residents of Brad- 
ford at the time of the Revolu- 
tion who were in any w^ay con- 
nected with the cause of liberty, 
but am aware that the list is in- 
complete. The following items, 
taken from the treasurer's ac- 
count, will add a few more names 
to those already given. The 
amounts paid have been omitted 
in some cases, as being of little 
consequence : 

£ s. d. 

"June I, 1775, paid Clarence Da- 
vis for training . o 10 o 

June I, 1775, paid Jno. Par- 
ker for training . o 10 o 

June I, 1775, paid Samuel Par- 
ker for training . o 10 o 

Mar. 27, 1779, paid Daniel 
Kimball for a Bounty allowed 
by the Cort alowed to him as a 
Soldier Drafted out of the 
Militia June, 1778, to do duty 
till the first day of January 



ro4 

next, ordered to be paid by the 
town, Principle & Inter- 
est 14 12 o 

1779. 

Apr. 22, paid Nathaniel ]^Iitch- 
ell for a Bonnty, (Sic, 
&c., 14 13 o 

Apr. 26, paid William Kimball 
for a Bounty, &c., 
&c., 14 13 a 

Jan. 14, 1780^ paid 
Lieut. Joseph ]\IuI- 
licken . , . . loi 5 a 

May 24, 1780, paid to Widow 
Sarah Carlton, on account of 
her Husban, a Continental 
Soldier, . . . 145 7 o 

April 6, Paid to Daniel 
Barker, in full, for 3 
mos. and twenty- four 
days sarvis in the 
Army .... 25 16 o 
Ebenezer Griffin, in full, &c., 
&c. 

Abner Kimball, in full, &c., 
&c. 



I05 

John Gibson, in part, &c., &c. 

Moses Day, in part, &c., &c. 

Apr. i8, 1782, paid to Samuel 

Webster, in part of his pay 

for sarvis in tlie Army 

in 1 78 1, at West 

Point .... 19 o o 

Dec. 21, 1782, paid xAsa Gage, 
in part, for sarvis at Rhode Isl- 
and in the year 1781. 

Paid Nathan Kimball, for his 
son's sarvis in the Army in the 
year 1781. 

Paid Thomas Morse, Jr. , for his 
man's sarvis in the Army, &c., 
&c. 

Feb. 26, 1783, paid John Carl- 
ton, in part, &c., &c. 

Feb. 26, 1783, paid Panl At- 
wood, for sarvis in the Army at 
Rhode Island in 1781." 



INDEX. 



Abbott, . . . viii., 62, 89, 96 

Adams, 9, 25,43,46,70, 76, 83, 86, 89, 95,101 

Ally 

Ames 

Amesburv 

Anderson 

Andrews 

Antipedo Baptists 

Asten 



100 

52 
12 

79' 96 
100, lOI 

27 

lOI 

Atwood, v., 9, 28, 30, 39, 40, 62, 63, 67, 

68, 69, 83. 84, 85, 105 

Ayer . . -37, 59- 81, 100 

Bacon 4, 5, 9, 30, 37, 48, 59, 60, 62, 68, 

69, 87, lOI 

Bailey, 9,10,40, 46,47,52,62,70,74,100,101 

Balcli, vii., 26, 32, 37, 46, 59, 65, 66, 68, 

72, 78, 84, 90, 94, 96. 97 

Banks ..... 62 



Baptists, Antipedo 
Barker 
Bartlett 
Benson 
Bickford 
Bishop 
Bradbur\ 
Brown 
Bryant 

Bii'rbank, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13 
39, 46, 47, 49, 54 
Burn ham 
Burrows 
Buswell 
Canny 



27 

62, 63, 77, 81, 104 

81 

72 

. . 98 

37. 60 

100 

vi.. 60, 75, 97 

ICO 

14, 16, 17, 23,32. 

, 62, 69, 70, 71, 83 

7^1 

60, lOI 

9, 37, 48, 60, lOI 

^ . . 78 



Carleton, 4. 5, 8, 9, 11, 14, 28, 35, 41, 42. 

43,46,47. 53, 56, 58, 72, 81, 88. 

loi, 104, 105 



I07 



Carsley 












80 


Carter, 












83 


Chadwick 






2 


4, 28 


32, 


46 


Cheney 










27, 


60 


Clioate 










.84 


85 


C lough 










40, 


60 


Clement 












100 


Cobban 












94 


Cogswell 










^84 


85 


Cole, 


9, 12, 2 


6, 


36 


,46, 


57, 


100 


Coleman 










9^ 


92 


Collum 












73 


Committee of 


vSafet}^ 




I 


0, 23 


,'28 


43 


Cooper 












100 


Corliss 












58 


Cottle 












74 


Cottle's Ferry 












10 


Cowdrey 












82 


Crocker 












77 


Cross 








25 


, 47 


58 


Currier 








37, 


60, 


100 


Curtis 










73 


82 


Cushing 












54 


Cutts 












79 


Danford 












58 


Danfortli 












98 


D. A. R. 












6 


Davis 








37, 


60, 


103 


Day, 9. 


23, 25,-30, 


46 


4 


7,53, 


80, 


105 


Dinsmore 












100 


Dow 










. 


100 


Downie 












91 


D. R. 












6 


Drew 










. 


81 


Dustin 












100 


Dwinell 












80 


Dwjnel 










39 


, 52 



io8 



Eaiiies 








70, 96 


Eaton 








84, 99, lOI 


Ela 








TOO 


Emerson 








ICO 


Ferry, Cottle's 








ID 


Fire-raft 








12 


Flint 








91 


Follansbee 








90 


Foote, 








37, 60 


Foster 








47, 96, loi 


Fowler 








. 80 


Frink 








100 


Frye 








59 


Ferguson 




... 87 


Gage, 5, 8, 9, 10 


, 12 


. 13, 14, 16, 17, 29, 36, 


37. 40, 


43. 


46, 47, 48, 53. 59. 60, 
74, 89, 100, 102, 105 


George 




94 


Gibson 








105 


Gile 








97 


Goodhue 








40 


Goodrich 








72 


Gould 








73 


Gray 








9 


Greennian 








82 


Greenough, 5, S 


>. 9 


10, II. 20, 22, 23, 37, 


40, 


47. 


52, 60, 61, 80, 81, lOI 


Griffin 




26, 37, 40, 47, 60, 104 


Gunnison 




. . . 98 


Haggett 




9, 37, 40, 47, 60. 63 


Hale, vi., 28, 


43. 


44, 52. 75, 78, 96. 102 


Hall 


37 


, 39. 47, 60. 63, 76, 98 


Hancock 




54 


Haniford 




102 


Hardy, 9, 20, 22 


24 


- 33, 36, 37, 38, 39. 40. 


46, 47. 


59 


60, 62, 63, 67, 70, 74, 








r5, 7S 


, 85, 92, 102 



i'09 



Harriman,5,28, 29, 


33,38 


,43,46.75.76, 100 


Harrington 


71 


Haseltine 


40, 102 


Hathorn 


- . . . 85 


Head 


10, 23, 32, 40, 43, 46 


Hills 


. . . 98 


Hopkinson, vii., 9 


38, 39, 47. 52. 57, 58, 




74, 76. 77, 85, 100 


Howe 


. . . 78 


Hovey 


. 79, 82, 90, 10^ 


Hubbs 


. . . 58 


Ingalls 


79, 96 


Jaques 


8, 10, 26 


Jennings 


. 36, 40, 59 


Johnson 


• 63, 75. 98, 99 


Kelley 


lOI 


Kimball, 5, 8, 9, 10 


17, 19, 22, 23, 27, 28, 


29' 30. 31 


,36^.^7, 38, 40, 43, 44, 


46, 47, 49 


, 53, 57- 58, 59, 60, 61, 


62, 63, 80, 


100, 102, 103, 104, 105 


King 


• 75, 77 


Kirb}^ 




40, 60 


Knowlton 




. . 69 


Knox 




81 


Ladd 




lOI 


Laphani 




77. 78 


Lecount 




lOI 


Lindall 




9 


Longfellow- 




71 


Marble 




23 


Marden 




20, 38, 39, 62 


Marti no 




. . . 69 


Merrill 




vii., 78 


Middleton 




lOI 


Mighill 




81 


Mills 




40, 60 


Mitchell 


( 


)2, 63, 80, 81, 104 



rro 



Monroe 

Mooers 

Moore 

Morrill 

Morse, vi., 6, 9, 23, 38, 44, 

Mullickeii, 36, 37, 43, 59, 60, 

Muzzy . 4, 8, 13, 

Negroes 

Nichols , , v., 

Norris 

Ordway 

Page 

Paine 

Palmer, ri., 38, 39, 46, 48,70, 

Parker, 5, 16, 21, 23, 26, 

46,47, 48^52. 54. 

74, 75, 78, 80, 84, 
Payson 
Peabody 
Pearsons 
Peniberton 
Perkins 
Perley 
Perry 

Pest House 
Pickering 
Pillsbury . . vii., 

Pinkem 
Platts, 38, 48, 52, 61, 62. 
Plnmmer. 23, 27,33,36, 39, 



Poor 

Porter 

Putnam, (see errata) 

Quota 

Quimby 



■ . 76 

27 

. . 76 

8-^, loi 

52. 60, 61, 63, 

81, 82, 105 

63, 72, 92, 104 

16, 17, 23, 43, 

i5< 24 

39. 74, 85, 93. 

- . 83. 

24 

95 
86- 
71,76,82,83,94 
30, 37, 38, 44v 
57, 60, 62, 73, 
85, 89, 94, 105 

8. 47, 53, 63 
98, 100, 102 

36, 59, 85 
72, 80 

. 76-. 

26, 69 

39, 40, 6r 

21 

23 

3^. 59, 79, 83 

102 

67, 74, 76, 85 

43, 47, 53, 57» 
62, 63, 99 

97 

lOI 

62 

. 56 

79, 92 



Ill 



Renton . . . .v., 93, 96 

-Richardson. 23, 27. 38. 39. 47, 52, 76, 94 
Rimeck ..... loi 

Roberson . , . . . 102 

Rolf .74 

Rollins , .37, 39, 46, 61, 86, 88 

Rowe ..... 78 

Ruddock ..... 77 

Rundlett . . , . . 94 

Runnells . . . .8, 40, 47 

Russell, 4, 5, 6, 10, 16. 25, 28, 30, 33, 34, 
42. 43, 48. 54, 55, 57 
Safety, Committee of .10, 23, 28, 43 

Sanders ..... loi 

S. A. R 7 

Sargent . . . . 82, 86 

Savary, vi., vii,, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 29, 33, 38, 
39. 43. 46, 47. 48, 54. 58, 61, 62, 70, 
71, 72, 73.83, 84, 86, §7, 88,89,90 
Saw3'er 
Searle 



Selectmen, 8, 

Sestions 

Short 

Silver 

Skillings 

Small 

Small -pox 

vSmiley 

Smith 

Snow, 

Spaulding 

Spofford 

S. R. 

Stacy 

Stark 

Stevens 



9. 22 



29. 



23, 28,32 



75.8 



90 



27. 40. 



39' 46 



lOI 

29 

445307.58 
102 

95 
38, 61 

83 
82 

20, 21 
loi 

63, 81 
100 



91, 92. 102 

7 
68, 83 

99 

73. 92 



ri2 

Sticknee 40 

Stickney, v., 8, 28, 29, 33, 36, 38, 43, 46^ 

49, 59. 66, 72, 74, 92, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99 

Stuart ..... 101. 

Symonds , .... 94 

Tapley . . . . 39 

Teiiney, vii., viii., 8, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26, 

28, 29, 38, 39, 40, 43, 44, 46, 47, 

53, 61, 62, 79, 82, 92, 95, 96 

Thurston 4, 5, 6, 12, 17, 

43, 
Tilton 

Titconib 

Toppan 

Town Officers 

Tra&k 

Tyler 

Urou, (errata) 

Voters, Qualifications of 

Wales 

Walker, 5, 18, 29, 32. 39,43,44,47, 58, 61, 89 

Wallingford . . . 39, 52, 62, 97 

Warrant, Town . . . 22, 41 

Washin<^ton ..... 43 

Webster, 9, 13, 16, 23, 30, 43, 100, 105 

White 27 

Whitney 61 

Whittaker ..... lor 

Wiles ..... 102 

Winslow ..... 92 

Wood, 8, 9, ir, 38, 39, 46, 47, 61, 62, 

67, 69, 87, 88, 89, 97. 98, 100, 102 

Woodman, vi., 4, 6, 8, 9, 40, 46, 53, 57, 61 

Wool . . . . 30, 63 



[9, 


22, 


23, 


28, 


47 


,48, 


49: 


,65 
72 
85 


- 






52 
8 


. 


9» 


27. 


.63 


- 


62, 


73) 


r 74 

63 

90 



ERRATA. 

Page 23. Tenth line from top, for 
Solomon Kimball read Solomon 
Tenney. 

Page 38. The name of John Kimball to 
follow Solomon Kimball. 

P^gc 57- Last line, for descendents of 
Lt. David Hopkinson, read de- 
scendants of Mr. Daniel Hopkin- 
son. 

Page 60. The name of John Greenough 
should follow that of Thaddeus 
Gage. 

Page 62. For Jonas Abbott read James 
Abbott. 
For Jonas Hardy, Jr., read James 
Hardy, Jr. 

Page 62. F'ifth line from bottom, for 
Pitman's read Putnam's. 

Page 63. Seventh line from top, for 
Brown read Uron. 

Page 63. The names of Sergt. Phineas 
Carleton and Eliphalet Danforth 
should follow that of Benjamin 
Morse. 

Page 81. Benjamin Morse; it is not 
known positively that the above- 
named Morse served with Capt. 
Mighill. 



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